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At CloudCamp last week, Military Information Technology distributed free copies of it’s November issue to all attendees. The issue contains a very informative article by Cheryl Gerber titled “Computing in the Clouds”. The article is a MUST READ and was written from one-on-one interviews on cloud computing with:

Ken Pierce, IT Specialist with DIA-DS/C4ISR
Robert Ames, Director and Deputy Chief Technology Officer, IBM Federal
Colonel Joe Means, RACE Program Manager at DISA
Alfred Rivera, Director DISA Computing Services Directorate
Dave Jackson, CEO Cluster Resources
Mike Kochanik, CollabNet VP of Worldwide Market Development
Tim May, Apptis SVP Corporate Development
Phil Horovitz, Apptis CTO
Herb Kelsey, Managing Director, SBU Advisors
Bob Lozano, Appistry Founder and Chief Strategist

The big take-a-ways are as follows:

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is using cloud computing to streamline operational expenses while providing users with fast, customized self-service.
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is using cloud computing to meet increasing demands to process large data on networks more rapidly while realizing budgetary efficiency
Reliability enhancements from cloud computing helped the US Central Command (CENTCOM) mitigate the impact of an unplanned cessation of data transport.
Cloud computing is seen by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) as an obvious way to address enterprise large data problems.
The DOD and DISA are leveraging cloud computing technologies for a global application lifecycle management solution and software development collaboration
The Network-Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), a consortium formed to support those who design and deliver systems for warriors, first-responders, and others that seek to maximize information age capabilities, has recently formed an Enterprise Cloud Computing group to address current mission requirements and to identify key areas of concern.

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