Cloud computing brings savings in energy, maintenance costs

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Published: March 29, 2010Posted in: Cloud Technologies, Clouds, Opinions & Explanations, SecurityTags:
Cloud computing brings savings in energy, maintenance costs
Agencies are looking at cloud computing for more than just outsourcing their data center operations.

They’re also exploring how cloud computing — where agencies rent access from another vendor or agency to servers, storage and applications over the Internet, rather than owning and maintaining systems themselves — can help agencies modernize their outdated information technology systems.
The General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Communications has used cloud computing to run usa.gov, the government’s main Web site, since May.

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100323/IT03/3230304/


By using the cloud, the government was able to launch IdeaScale months quicker than it would have been able to on its own.

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