Nebula Launches – the US Government Gets Cloud Computing Right

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Published: October 7, 2009Posted in: App.gov, Business Intelligence, Cloud Solutions, G-Cloud, Opinions & ExplanationsTags:
Nebula Launches – the US Government Gets Cloud Computing Right
Vivek Kundra, the US Government’s Federal Chief Information Officer, wants to know why the commercial world can take advantage of applications and services available online through software as a service (SaaS) companies and cloud computing companies, while the US Government manages:
> 10,679 individual data centers
Including 8x GSA data centers
23 Dept of Homeland Security data centers
300 million customers
$76 billion annual IT budget
$19 billion in IT infrastructure
http://govit.sys-con.com/node/1130793
If an individual can create a free email account in a matter of minutes, and a small business can create its entire financial system online in a couple minutes, then why must the government spend billions of dollars building (similar) systems that may not be sensitive in nature

Vivek Kundra, the US Government’s Federal Chief Information Officer, wants to know why the commercial world can take advantage of applications and services available online through software as a service (SaaS) companies and cloud computing companies, while the US Government manages:

> 10,679 individual data centers

Including 8x GSA data centers

23 Dept of Homeland Security data centers

300 million customers

$76 billion annual IT budget

$19 billion in IT infrastructure

http://govit.sys-con.com/node/1130793

If an individual can create a free email account in a matter of minutes, and a small business can create its entire financial system online in a couple minutes, then why must the government spend billions of dollars building (similar) systems that may not be sensitive in nature

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