Federal Cloud Computing Summit on January 14-15, Washington, DC

NPR on Cloud Computing

By G C Network | August 29, 2008

You know it’s important when NPR covers it !! On the “All Things Consider” radio show, NPR took a look into cloud computing. I’m not sure if Computing In The…

Sun Federal Cloud Computing eBook

By G C Network | August 28, 2008

Sun Federal now has it’s ebook on cloud computing available for all. The website doesn’t really offer any new information, but it does highlight how Sun Federal is targeting the…

Amazon Elastic Block Store

By G C Network | August 27, 2008

Last week, with their announcement of Elastic Block Store, Amazon has made enterprise class storage in the cloud a reality. According to Dion Hinchcliffe of Ziff Davis,”Elastic Block Store finally…

HP CTO On the Future

By G C Network | August 26, 2008

In a recent Web Guild article, Shane Robinson, Chief Strategy & Technology Office for HP outilined his belief that we are in the early stages of a major shift. As…

Google serves as first line of defense during Russia’s invasion of Georgia (A plug for the cloud)

By G C Network | August 25, 2008

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Apptis and Servervault announce Fedcloud

By G C Network | August 22, 2008

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SOA-R Educational Series Schedule Changes

By G C Network | August 21, 2008

Since launching the SOA-R series back in July, cloud computing has become a hot topic among national security professionals. Evidence of this high level of interest is obvious from the…

Comments from Mr. Robert Carey, DON CIO and Army COS General George W. Casey, Jr

By G C Network | August 20, 2008

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the distinct pleasure to listen to both Mr. Robert Carey, CIO, Department of the Navy, and General George W. Casey, Jr., Chief…

Akamai at SOA-R Session

By G C Network | August 19, 2008

Had another very enlightening SOA-R session last week. Of particular note to me was Akamai’s vision of cloud computing. As presented by Fran Trently, Sr. Director Public Sector, Akamai is…

Six Benefits of Cloud Computing

By G C Network | August 18, 2008

A Public CIO magazine article, to be published later this fall, will highlight six main benefits of cloud computing. Reduced Cost Increased Storage Highly Automated Flexibility More Mobility Allows IT…

The Federal Cloud Computing Summit will be held on January 14-15, 2015 at the Marriott Metro Center in Washington, D.C. (Complimentary government and academic registration)
This educational symposium will feature cloud computing thought leaders from government and academia discussing topics such as Cloud Strategy from the CXO Perspective; Navigating the Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap; Cloud Success Stories; and Cloud in 2020.

Maria Roat, Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Transportation, will give a visionary keynote, Acting GSA FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich will give a briefing on the FedRAMP Roadmap for 2015 and IDC analyst Rick Villars will provide a look at the current and future state of cloud computing.

Also included in the Cloud Summit program on the afternoon of the first day is the popular and highly-interactive MITRE-ATARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium, where subject-matter experts from government, academia and industry will gather in a small-group setting to discuss and white board hot-button topics in cloud computing. (Agenda & Challenge Areas) (Download the July 2014 MITRE-AMARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium White Paper)

The symposium also includes the Cloud Technology Showcase where leading innovators will demonstrate cutting-edge cloud and virtualization technologies (List of Cloud Technology Innovators).

For more information on industry participation, please send an e-mail to: [email protected].

The host organization for the Federal Cloud Computing Summit is the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC). ATARC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a collaborative forum for government, academia and industry to resolve emerging technology challenges. ATARC also introduces innovative technology from academic research labs to the Federal government and private industry.

https://www.fedsummits.com/cloud/january-2015/agenda/

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