Cloud computing is the process of outsourcing IT services, such as data storage and e-mail, to a shared platform accessed remotely through the Internet. This arrangement has been praised for saving money and energy, as a vendor maintains the infrastructure and applications that run in the cloud environment instead of the agency. The use of cloud computing in the federal government is on the rise. The General Services Administration successfully transferred the federal Web portal USA.gov to the cloud and subsequently released a federal cloud computing storefront, apps.gov, aimed at reducing IT costs for agencies.
Agencies bust myth of year- end buying sprees
August 26, 2010
Once thought of as spendthrifts when September came, some officials now align their information technology purchases with executives' top initiatives and mission-critical services.
Data Deluge
August 23, 2010
Agencies have turned to virtualization to process a growing stockpile of information. Now the challenge is where to put it all.
DISA could take on bigger IT role at Defense
August 10, 2010
In Secretary Gates' reform plans, the information agency will assume daily IT operations and the department's chief information officer, but federal IT experts disagree whether the move will strengthen the CIO as intended.
Cloud Computing News & Info from Government Agencies
2009 Highlights
December 16, 2009
| NASA Ames Research Center News and Features
Finding water on the moon, initiating a search for Earth-size planets, the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and a new federal government cloud computing initiative...
NASA Ames to Host Cloud Computing Announcement
September 09, 2009
| NASA Ames Research Center News and Features
Reporters are invited to participate in a news conference at NASA's Ames Research Center at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, featuring Vivek Kundra, White House federal...
Microsoft and NSF Enable Research in the Cloud
February 04, 2010
| NSF News
Microsoft Corp. and the National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced an agreement that will offer individual researchers and research groups selected through NSF's merit review process free access to advanced cloud computing ...
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Security- as- a- service growing
August 31, 2010
| Latest from Computerworld
When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying'' no''. But if you ask some follow up questions, you will quickly...
Verizon Uses VMware for Enterprise Cloud Service
August 30, 2010
| CIO.com - News
Verizon Business is tapping into the popularity of VMware technology with a cloud computing service designed to let customers easily move workloads between their own...
CFOs Hesitant to Invest in Cloud: Strategist
August 26, 2010
| CIO.com - News
Investment in cloud computing may be hindered by CFOs who are hesitant to allocate funding to SaaS projects, says a technology strategist. ...
Dell Sees 3Par As Doorway to Cloud Projects
August 26, 2010
| CIO.com - News
Dell believes an acquisition of high-end storage vendor 3Par would help it gain a foothold in large enterprises moving toward cloud computing, but it does not think...
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