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Cloud & GovIT
 The US Government, as well as governments around the world, is looking to invest heavily in Cloud Computing. The cloud promises a lot of efficiencies and cost savings but it also presents a new revolutionary way to approach citizen services. This session offers insight into how Cloud C...May. 16, 2013 11:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,927 |
 Long-term growth opportunities in government contracting will make for an active M&A market for players with sights beyond the current business cycle. Technological capabilities in areas such as big data, C4ISR and health IT, will drive deals as they will be better funded than some tra...Mar. 9, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 988 |
 With Cloud Expo New York | 12th Cloud Expo [June 10-13, 2013] hurtling towards us, let's start to take a look at the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference coming up June 10-13 at the Jacob Javits Center in ...Feb. 21, 2013 09:45 AM EST Reads: 19,627 |
 "The need to capture and manage Big Data is daunting, but not as daunting as the need to understand and analyze all you’ve captured," says Jill T. Singer, CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office and an upcoming speaker at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York. "2013 will see increase...Jan. 8, 2013 10:15 AM EST Reads: 3,731 |
 Bob Gourley, editor of CTOvision as well as founder and CTO of Crucial Point, LLC, was recently interviewed by WashingtonExec, where he shared his views on emerging information technology, government needs, and Big Data. The interview is reproduced below: How does Bob Gourle... Sep. 24, 2012 04:15 AM EDT Reads: 4,924 |
 With the government promising delivery of the long-awaited Digital Economy strategy by the year end, this prompts a review of what role the Cloud industry can play in this strategy. This then further encourages us to identify what particular segments of the Cloud Computing industry we ...Sep. 12, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,017 |
 Change management is important for any Technology initiative and since many Cloud services focus on rapid deployments, this area is sometimes forgotten. The move to Cloud has not only technology implications but also business implications. Business processes and operations can be encap...Sep. 6, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,775 |
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 Cloud facilitates a new generation of technology and related impacts that have never been seen before. With utility computing and on demand capabilities, many organizations want to jump on the bandwagon as soon as possible. As the Chief Executive, there are some tough decisions to be m...Aug. 24, 2012 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 4,825 |
 You don’t often hear the words ‘Government’ and ‘Innovation’ together, however while the USA`s Cloud First initiative certainly kick-started more Cloud adoption, really the important part of this development has been the emergence of the public sector as a...Aug. 18, 2012 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 4,212 |
 The Department of Defense needs to accomplish its critical global missions despite a decreasing budget and rising cybersecurity threat. To that end, the Chief Information Officer of the DoD, Teri Takai, released its Cloud Computing Strategy, which outlines its goals to accelerate th... Jul. 25, 2012 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,714 |
 The DoD recently released the department's formal cloud computing strategy.
In the forward, DoD CIO Teresa Takai said that:
"The DoD Cloud Computing Strategy has been expanded to address use of commercial cloud services in the Department's multi-provider enterprise cloud environment....Jul. 16, 2012 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,214 |
 We have just published the first version of our solution guide for Government Cloud Computing (GovCloud) : GovCloud.info Government Cloud Computing (GovCloud) is our comprehensive engagement for public sector organizations looking to embrace Cloud Computing. OASIS International Cloud S...Jun. 3, 2012 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,326 |
 GovLoop, the social knowledge network for public sector professionals, is one of the most virtuous members of the Gov2.0 ecosystem. Their support of the community demonstrates, on a daily basis, their dedication to a simple mission: They want to connect government to improve governm... May. 31, 2012 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,812 |
 With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now under three weeks away, what better time to introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...May. 27, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,232 |
 Government agencies are reportedly one of the primary benefactors of managed cloud services. According to the results from a recent market study by IDC, IT decision-makers across the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) found that 59 percent of public sector respondents are confident ...May. 11, 2012 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,708 |
 The headline theme of our upcoming events, both the GovCloud 2.0 webinar and the Drummond Reportworkshop and white paper, is the role of Cloud Service Brokers and how they will enable the transition to ITaaS – IT as a Service. The second part of our webinar will focus on the emer...May. 10, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,888 |
 We’ve just published our first main ‘Solution Guide’, a complete snapshot of how Cloud is applied in one specific area, in this case the Microsoft portfolio. MicrosoftCloud.biz is intended as a channel marketing tool to envelop all aspects of the Microsoft Cloud suppl...May. 10, 2012 04:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,234 |
 As more and more large enterprises start to make public adoptions of cloud and service providers figuring out the role they play in the market, one of the biggest potential cloud adopters has been watching and looking for signs that the market can support one of the most public facing ...May. 9, 2012 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,200 |
 Community cloud services are services that are shared by multiple members of a community. They centralize the functions and can provide specific mission requirements. The mission requirements can be related to specific policies and compliance. Community clouds leverage the benefits of ...May. 8, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,026 |
 Last week the GSA FedRAMP Program Office released the latest version of the cloud computing Security Assessment Plan (SAR) template. This document is the most recent step toward the Federal governments goal of establishing FedRAMP initial operating Capability by June 2012.
The Federa...May. 8, 2012 04:50 AM EDT Reads: 3,814 |
 Policies and procedures for Cloud solutions and services should be established as part of Enterprise Cloud Giovernance. Plug and Play for Cloud Services is not enough!
Enterprise Cloud Governance is the specification of policies and procedures for Cloud solutions and services for the ...May. 4, 2012 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 4,142 |
 A recent study revealed that the government is saving around $5.5 billion a year since the shift to cloud, according to this CRN article. The study was created from interviews with 108 federal IT managers and CIOs and was published by MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange. The study also f...May. 4, 2012 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,776 |
 Today’s federal cybersecurity and IT news: Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot, commander the 24th Air Force and Air Force’s Cyber Air Component to USCYBERCOM emphasized the importance of “full-spectrum” cybersecurity that prepares for offense, defense and exploitation....Apr. 21, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,995 |
 Only ten weeks to go! Time for an alphabetical summary of the many leading-edge themes & topics to be discussed at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) - being held June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City and co-located with Big Data Expo 2012 New York ...Apr. 5, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,661 |
 Last year on our Open Government webinar Andy MacLeod of Cisco presented on G-Cloud, the UK program to adopt Government Cloud Computing, providing an initial basis for our G-Cloud section in GovCloud.info. (Join our GovCloud Linkedin networking group here). Mar. 31, 2012 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,928 |
 The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program established in December 2011 to speed the adoption of cloud computing. FedRAMP includes a set of requirements for federal cloud computing and universal procedures for approving services and pro...Jan. 18, 2012 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,265 |
 As we head into Thanksgiving Weekend, we bring a brief round-up of some of the many follow-up comments we have been receiving since November's 9th Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Thanks for your thanks, and see you on the other side...when the countdown steadily begins to New York's meg...Nov. 25, 2011 08:00 AM EST Reads: 7,171 |
 The doors open today on 9th Cloud Expo - Cloud Expo Silicon Valley - the biggest event in the world-beating Cloud Expo series to date, with more members of the cloud computing ecosystem gathered than anyone has ever seen before in one place, to play catch-up with Internet technology's ...Nov. 7, 2011 03:30 PM EST Reads: 5,549 |
 Security remains the number one obstacle to adoption of cloud computing for businesses and federal agencies. Regardless of the deployment model selected--private, public, community, or hybrid—conquering security concerns is required for cloud computing to achieve its full potential as...Oct. 7, 2011 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 6,214 |
 What does the CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office have in common with the CEOs of Abiquo, Apprenda, Tier3, OutSystems and OpSource, the Co-Founder & CTO of Dell Boomi, the CTOs of Rackspace, rPath, Compuware, BMC, NextIO, SoftLayer, SOASoftware, Gale Technologies, CiRBA and UShar...Sep. 22, 2011 03:30 AM EDT Reads: 7,470 |
 An alphabetical selection of some of the many themes & topics to be discussed at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) - being held November 7-10, 2011, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. The markets may still be melting, but Cloud Expo is definitely coming of age! Sep. 21, 2011 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 14,297 |
 I wonder how much Vivek Kundra's departure will slow down the government's innovation, which is already too slow! I may be able to understand Vivek's frustration with the Federal Government. He is responsible for Data.gov. His plans to consolidate over 800 federal data centers, the ...Jul. 1, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 7,155 |
 In October 2009, Enterprise Cloud Computing was considered bleeding edge technology by many but there was something that seemed different about its value potential and adoption rate. For CIOs, it seemed a chance to provision affordable infrastructure quickly, alleviating delays to miss...Jun. 24, 2011 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 21,504 Replies: 1 |
 In the Fall of 2009, while she was Deputy CIO of the Central Intelligence Agency, Jill Tummler Singer shared with attending conference delegates her view that Enterprise Cloud Computing was "The Infrastructure's Ultimate Revenge" - no...May. 30, 2011 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 17,240 |
 In December 2010, the U.S. Federal government awarded cloud computing contracts that totaled over $2B in value. It also announced a mandatory "cloud first" policy, requiring every agency to deploy at least three of its services to the cloud. This transition represents a monumental chan...May. 29, 2011 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 17,811 |
 The City & County of San Francisco has decided to let Microsoft host the email accounts for 23,000 employees in an Exchange Cloud Computing architecture, at a cost of about $1 per week per person. It will consolidate several existing email systems in the process.
The $1.2 million an...May. 19, 2011 04:39 AM EDT Reads: 3,360 |
 I'm returning to the US this week after spending more than a year in Asia. I'm pessimistic about many things, as I recently explained in a separate article.
But let's talk about the rays of light in today's grim global greyness. Let's talk about Cloud Expo.
I don't know much, but...Apr. 6, 2011 11:35 PM EDT Reads: 8,953 |
 We have discussed this before and I'm sure we will talk about it again - government cutbacks and consolidation of cloud hosting. New York has opened an enormous new data center in Brooklyn where the city will centralize all its infrastructure for its agencies of the decade.
It has i...Mar. 17, 2011 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 5,246 |
 The decision framework for cloud migration that US Federal CIO Vivek Kundra recently published as part of his Federal cloud computing strategy, offers advice applicable to all organizations.
In my last blog, a cloud of two speeds, I mentioned Vivek Kundra's very readable cloud strate...Mar. 3, 2011 09:30 AM EST Reads: 8,496 |
