Amazon Helps U.S. Government Move to the Cloud

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Published: May 20, 2010Posted in: Amazon, Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2), Business Intelligence, G-Cloud, Government Cloud, Opinions & ExplanationsTags:
Amazon Helps U.S. Government Move to the Cloud
The U.S. Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has announced that it has moved its Recovery.gov site to a cloud computing infrastructure powered by Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for potential benefits such as more efficient computer operations, improved security and reduced costs.

The U.S. Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has announced that it has moved its Recovery.gov site to a cloud computing infrastructure powered by Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for potential benefits such as more efficient computer operations, improved security and reduced costs.
Smartronix acted as the prime contractor on the migration and selected Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud technology as the foundation for the move. In a May 13 announcement, the board said Recovery.gov now becomes the first governmentwide system to move to the cloud.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Amazon-Helps-US-Government-Move-to-the-Cloud-883856/

The U.S. Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has announced that it has moved its Recovery.gov site to a cloud computing infrastructure powered by Amazon.com’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for potential benefits such as more efficient computer operations, improved security and reduced costs.

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