Rick Holgate: Well, I’d have to agree with Rick in terms of I think certainly our mindset’s going to involve from protecting devices to protecting data and applications. And I think that has to happen. You’ve seen some of that already. I think that’s going to continue to increase and we’re going to continue to move in that direction. You know, I mentioned some of the work that the mobile technology tiger team is doing around, you know, translating identity credential and access management into the mobile space for 2 reasons. One is the security reason and the other is an enablement reason, because at some point, we have to make it much more seamless for users to be able to interact with data and applications in the mobile environment.
And you know the whole iCam infrastructure to do that is critical. I think, you know, and Rick alluded to this a little bit, I think at some point you’re going to see the government stop providing devices to their users. I mean, we’re almost there now in the sense that…
JIm Flyzik: [inaudible 00:00:42] devices.
Rick Holgate: Exactly, because as Rick said, I mean that we can’t keep up with the evolution of technology.
JIm Flyzik: Yeah.
Rick Holgate: And frankly, our users have better technology than we provide them anyway.
Interviewer: Right.
Rick Holgate: And so trying to keep up with that pace of technology is just a losing battle.
JIm Flyzik: That’s a good point.
Rick Holgate: And so I think you’re going to see that natural evolution, and, you know, I think you’re going to see continued emphasis at the administration level on this whole notion of digital government. I mean, if you look at the FY15 president’s budget that was just released. You know, there’s a whole range of information in there about you know continuing the emphasis on a 21st century government realizing the promise of better service delivery to citizens, enhanced productivity for the workforce, so that you’re going to see a continued emphasis in those areas.
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