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EITAGlobal and Cloud Expert Kevin L. Jackson Team To Deliver Business Focused Cloud Computing Training
Today I am announcing my partnership with EITAGlobal to produce and deliver a series of business focused training webinars on cloud computing. Headquartered in Fremont, California, EITAGlobal is a continuing professional…
NRRC Video Series – Video 6 : Telos Demonstrates Cloud-based Communications System
In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled…
NRRC Video Series – Video 5 : Boeing Ozone Dashboards for Emergency Management
In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled…
Proud To Be Joining Veterans 360 and Cloud for Vets!
Today I’m proud and honored to announce my appointment to the Board of Advisors for Veterans 360. Their mission is to provide young, recently-separated combat veterans with a program of…
Take Charge, Lead Change, Do Cloud Right!
The theme for next week’s Gartner Data Center conference, “Taking Charge, Leading Change — Your I&O Transformation Can’t Wait”, is a real wake up call for today’s I&O leaders. Gartner’s…
Cloud Computing at the Potomac Officer’s Club
Across the Federal IT landscape, terms like “cloud”, “cloud computing” and Software as a service (SaaS) are at the center of a seismic shift by the agencies away from building…
NRRC Video Series – Video 2 : Building the Cloud Infrastructure
In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled…
NRRC Video Series – Video 1 : Introduction and Overview
In September, the NCOIC delivered the Geospatial Community Cloud (GCC) demonstration. Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, this demonstration showed how an interoperable, hybrid-cloud operating environment can be quickly enabled…
NCOIC To Rollout Open Process for Creating Secure, Hybrid IT Computing Environments
Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium to offer capability to organizations that seek to combine traditional and cloud infrastructures for greater efficiency and mission success WASHINGTON-November 19, 2013-Next month, the Network…
So what kind of consultant are you?
Yesterday over lunch, a good friend of mine from the Limelight Marketing Group and I started talking about my recent transition. As you can imagine being in the DC metro…
As promised, here are some more results from the MIT/”Cloud Musings” on-line survey!
Total responses – 121
Type of Respondent Organization
Federal Government – 41%
Industry – 37%
State/Local Government – 20%
Educational Institution – 2%
Familiarity with Cloud Computing
Somewhat familiar – 63%
Not at all – 21%
Very familiar – 17%
Geographic Distribution
North East – 41%
North Central – 17%
West – 15%
Southeast – 9%
South Central – 9%
OCONUS – 9%
Challenges to address with Cloud Computing
Capital Budget Limitations – 24%
Storage Limitations – 15%
Event driven information requirements – 13%
Ubiquitous information access – 13%
Composite application requirements (Mash-ups) – 10%
Data center limitations- 9%
Operational spikes exceed IT infrastructure capacity – 9%
Other – 7%
Main Concern
Security – 54%
Finance/Budget – 12%
Unfamiliar with technology – 12%
Access – 8%
Adoption by organization – 8%
Contracting vehicle – 4%
Use with existing grid – 4%
- The federal government is definitely interested in cloud computing technology. State agencies are exploring the possibilities as well
- 21% of the respondents knew nothing about cloud computing.
- Respondents were concentrated in the northeast US.
- Capital budget limitations is the leading driver of interest in cloud computing
- Security is the main concern
Cloud Computing
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Cybersecurity
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