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Federal Cloud Computing Strategy Officially Launched
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra officially launched the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy today. While this is clearly not new news, the document does state the government’s position in a very succint manner.…
GEOINT’s Future is in the Cloud
Recently, Geospatial Intelligence Forum Magazine asked me for my thoughts on the role of cloud computing in the future of geospatial intelligence.My response was recently published in their December 2010…
eTechSuccess: Patterns of Success – Kevin Jackson
My sincere appreciation to John Baker for the eTechSuccess: Patterns of Success interview. John and I worked together IBM as part of the Wireless Emerging Business Organization. His team and…
USBE&IT Winter Issue Focuses on Cyber Security
Thank You USBE&IT Publisher Mr Tyrone Taborn for such an inspiring issue and my sincere appreciation to Mr. Frank McCoy for my inclusion in his list of Cyber visionaries! The Homeland…
Global GovCloud with Cisco and VCE
Last week I had the awesome experience of participating in a global telepresence conference on government cloud computing. Joining me as presenters were Blake Salle, Senior Vice President of VCE,…
NIST Cloud Computing Collaboration Twiki Launches
Today I received my credentials for the NIST Cloud Computing Collaboration Site. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been designated by Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra…
GovCloud Predicitons for 2011
Happy New Year All!! 2011 will be the breakout year for GovCloud! Pressure to reduce budget, pressure to manage I resources better and the political pressure of the next presidential…
Vivek Kundra Unveils 25-Point IT Management Reform Program
Yesterday the US Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, unveiled an ambitious 25-point implementation plan for delivering more value to the American taxpayer. This plan focuses on execution and is designedto establish…
GSA and Unisys/Google Marks GovCloud Watershed
As widely reported this week, the United States General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract to Unisys to create a secure cloud-based email and collaboration platform. The solution will…
NIST Moves Forward on Cloud Computing
Last week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held their second Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop. Skillfully shepherded by Ms. Dawn Leaf, the agency’s senior executive of cloud computing,…
Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mr. Robert Duffner, director of Product Management for Windows Azure, as part of his “Thought Leaders in the Cloud” series. In this interview, we discussed:
- Actual government IT successes, especially using cloud computing
- Deconstructing the hype around cloud computing and talking about its real characteristics and value
- How clouds need a critical mass to function and provide elasticity, and how the size of the US places it in a strong position to develop these kinds of clouds
- Industry transition from system integration to service integration
- Use of clouds among defense departments and other organizations with other high security requirements
- Synergy between cloud computing and geospatial data
I was honored to follow Mr. Chris Kemp, NASA CTO, in this series. During his interview with Robert, they discussed:
- Mandate to consider cloud computing for every major government IT project
- “Be a Martian” – NASA using Windows Azure to let students classify craters
- Opportunity for government to use more open source rather than write as much in-house
- Security concerns around government data
- Inter-country collaboration on cloud computing initiatives
- Gartner blog post titled, “Do Government Clouds Make Any Sense?”
- Collaboration with Microsoft Research on public/private cloud hybrid
- NASA is leading the charge towards cloud computing and modern IT for government
I urge you to take the time to read both of these thoughtful interviews.
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