GovCloud.com !! The New Hub for Government Cloud Computing

It gives me great pleasure to announce the relaunch of GovCloud.com! GovCloud is the “go to” place for everything related to federal cloud computing. Our mission is to help federal organizations learn about, try and securely adopt cloud computing technologies. In full alignment with The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, the Federal CIO’s 25-Point Federal IT Reform Plan and NIST’s Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, this site will provide a community hub for information dissemination and GovCloud best practices. A great deal of personal thanks goes out to the GovCloud.com member companies (in alphabetical order):

• Akamai
• Clear Government Solutions
• IBM
• NJVC
• Planet Technologies
• Symantec
• VirtualGlobal
• VirtuStream
• VMware
• XO Communications

Site highlights include:

• GovCloud reference library
• Training and education information from the National Cloud Technologist Association and Cloud Best Practices Network
• Cloud assessment tools from Gravitant
• SaaSmaker Platform-as-a-Service
• Member company blogs and whitepapers
• GovCloud World News
• GSA IaaS and SaaS information
• Community member company books and

As always, your comments, recommendations and suggestions are welcomed.. Your active participation is also invited. Just let me know how you would like to contribute.

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