WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army is well on its way to widespread, secure use of cloud computing capabilities following what the service\u2019s new chief information officer characterized as a \u201creally hard sprint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Army considers cloud migration and adoption fundamental to the overhaul of its larger networks and collaborative capabilities. Mastering cloud technology could also help take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools as well as provide troops access to data they otherwise wouldn\u2019t be able to get their hands on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI believe that right now we are 100% definitely on a good path to start what I call the \u2018maturation process\u2019 of how we are employing and deploying cloud capabilities,\u201d CIO Leonel Garciga told C4ISRNET in an interview<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re hitting that next step now where we\u2019re validating some of the work that we\u2019ve done. We\u2019re looking, both from an operational and cyber perspective, where we are in the story, and we\u2019re starting to mature the process on how those capabilities get delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garciga was named CIO in June after working as the top technology officer for Army intelligence. Prior to taking over the Army\u2019s IT reins, service officials touted a $290 million investment in cloud \u2014 an expenditure they said underlines the seriousness of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\t