By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: September 24, 2009Posted in: Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2), Business Intelligence, Cloud Solutions, Google, Microsoft, Opinions & ExplanationsTags: 
On balance, I completely agree with Federal CIO Vivek Kundra about Cloud Computing. For the massive and costly Federal government, cloud computing may be just what the doctor ordered with its promises of improved utilization, lower operating costs, massive scale, and green-friendliness. Each Federal agency has its own mission-critical applications but they all run common servers, networks, and storage that could be centralized in the cloud.
Of course there are still plenty of technology obstacles to overcome. We still need to figure out a common development model for scale up/scale down cloud services. We need to be able to distribute and move compute loads in real-time. We need common data formats for portability and of course we need a strong security model. These are big but not insurmountable challenges –witness the progress of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft already. In the Federal space, DISA has overcome a lot of these hurdles and integrators like Northrup Grumman, CSC, and SAIC are building their own private clouds for future government use.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45565
When it come to cloud computing, technology innovation may be the least of the problems
On balance, I completely agree with Federal CIO Vivek Kundra about Cloud Computing. For the massive and costly Federal government, cloud computing may be just what the doctor ordered with its promises of improved utilization, lower operating costs, massive scale, and green-friendliness. Each Federal agency has its own mission-critical applications but they all run common servers, networks, and storage that could be centralized in the cloud.
Of course there are still plenty of technology obstacles to overcome. We still need to figure out a common development model for scale up/scale down cloud services. We need to be able to distribute and move compute loads in real-time. We need common data formats for portability and of course we need a strong security model. These are big but not insurmountable challenges –witness the progress of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft already. In the Federal space, DISA has overcome a lot of these hurdles and integrators like Northrup Grumman, CSC, and SAIC are building their own private clouds for future government use.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45565
When it come to cloud computing, technology innovation may be the least of the problems
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