{"id":2818,"date":"2012-03-02T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2012-03-02T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:00:04","slug":"mobile-computing-federal-agencies-no-longer-technology-luddites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/mobile-computing-federal-agencies-no-longer-technology-luddites\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Computing: Federal Agencies No Longer Technology Luddites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few decades, the Federal Government has gotten a reputation as being a laggard when it comes to technology and automation. \u00a0But now, a tight budget constraints are forcing the Feds to be much more aggressive in adopting new technology in order to \u00a0try to bring their costs under control. \u00a0We’ve already seen the federal government being aggressive in their attitude towards adopting the cloud<\/a>, and now we see a similar aggressive attitude when it comes to mobile devices.<\/p>\n

CDW-G<\/a>‘s recent Federal Mobility Report<\/a>, for example, found that 99 percent of federal government agencies have already deployed mobile devices to their agency workforce. \u00a0The report found that 62 percent of those Federal IT professionals said their agencies allow employees to use personal devices for work.<\/p>\n

The CDW-G report also found that 71 percent of federal IT groups are using Mobile device management<\/a> (MDM) to enable remote configuration and distribution of applications and data to mobile devices. \u00a0MDM can simplify the management of mobile security and can reduce management costs. \u00a0But the report found that even though the use of MDM tools was widespread, MDM was not frequently being used for distributing security applications, and the report noted that this was one area that could be improved.<\/p>\n

Bob Kirby<\/a>, vice president of federal government for CDW-G, said that\u00a0\u201cFederal employees \u2013 just like those in other industries \u2013 access a wide variety of data in the course of their jobs, from financial information to employee and taxpayer records to email and social networking accounts. \u00a0Employees understand the need to keep private information just that \u2013 private. But as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, they need a full suite of security tools to help them… \u00a0Mobility is the \u2018new normal\u2019 for Federal employees. \u00a0Employees increasingly expect to be able to work anywhere and at any time. Agencies responded first by deploying mobile devices, and now they are enabling use of personal devices. And the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is likely to continue, following the Obama administration\u2019s November 2011 executive order that asked agencies to limit the number of IT devices they issue to employees, including mobile devices, in order to reduce costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Over the last few decades, the Federal Government has gotten a reputation as being a laggard when it comes to technology and automation. \u00a0But now, a tight budget constraints are forcing the Feds to be much more aggressive in adopting…<\/span><\/p>\n

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