By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: July 13, 2010Posted in: Cloud Intelligence, G-Cloud, Opinions & ExplanationsTags:
I spoke to Karl Deacon, CTO at Capgemini today. He is closley involved in the G-cloud project. Capgemini are building a pilot of how a G-cloud might be built and work. He told me, as you would expect, things went quiet after the election. But he says there will soon be talks with the new people in government.
Lots of IT service providers have been working away on projects to help the government put together its cloud services strategy. This has been done for free. Although those involved must be hoping for a slice of the pie.
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2010/07/will-g-cloud-be-thrown-out-with-the-bathwater.html
Then there is the massive hardware and energy savings because the applications are hosted in the cloud
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