Hitachi’s Phil Fuster highlights data as the pivotal challenge in defense space

Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, says that data is the biggest issue in IT and cyberspace right now. “The amount of intelligence that the U.S. collects, whether it’s human or electronic intelligence — it’s a massive amount of data,” Fuster says. “It’s all about getting the right data to the right people at the right time…you have to have a clear plan in place to turn the data into actionable information and get it out to the field where it matters the most.