Cyber Command Chief Wants To 'Reinvest' Cloud Computing Savings

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The head of U.S. Cyber Command wants to "reinvest" by 2016 savings generated by the Defense Department's cloud computing and information technology consolidation efforts. "Taking a step towards the cloud is the right thing," Alexander said this week at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Cyber Colloquium in Arlington, VA. "It's cheaper," he said. "We can come up with virtual networks, virtual routers, virtual databases, better encryption systems and a way for handing data that achieves a better platform but also gives us a better visibility that we don't have today." The department has been coordinating an updated cloud computing strategy since last year. Cloud computing is an information technology architecture that allows multiple users in different locations to access information, resources and data through the Internet.