In 2009, the Obama Administration announced the Federal Government’s Cloud Computing Initiative. The goals of the initiative were to leverage cloud computing to reduce waste, increase efficiency, and cut costs for the federal government. Since the initiative, there has been great strides made in cloud computing. Data consolidation has taken off, as the government plansRead… Read more »
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Changing the government IT landscape with CloudStore
On Sunday, February 19, the Government Procurement Service officially launched CloudStore for UK central government and local authorities. The UK government first proposed the G-Cloud initiative over two years ago with the goal of bringing a wider range of cloud suppliers to the public sector while increasing the flexibility of procurement contracts. The programme wantedRead… Read more »
Cloud Computing Breakfast and the Future of Federal IT
As agencies look for ways to cut costs and consolidate IT systems, the government’s move to a secure cloud computing environment is accelerating. The Coalition for Government Procurement is proud to announce an additional speaker to join our Cloud Computing Breakfast event on February 28th, 2012. Mark Day, Director of GSA’s Office of Strategic ProgramsRead… Read more »
Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps for Business Cloud Showdown
Businesses are moving to the cloud at exponential rates; yet all the comparative reviews of the two key players, Microsoft and Google, that I’ve seen have only scratched the surface. In this series, I’m going to dive deeper into each product, highlighting the relative strengths and weaknesses in an attempt to provide a definitive answerRead… Read more »
National Science Foundation Emphasizes Cloud Computing Security and Efficiency
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — As reported by Camille Tuutti at Federal Computer Week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has plans to invest resources into understanding various aspects of cloud computing, in particular how to make it more energy efficient, and how to make it more secure from hackers and other kinds of digital intrusion.Read… Read more »
NSF releases Cloud Computing Report
NSF’s guidance on Cloud Computing will inform research dollars in the near future The National Science Foundation released their report on cloud computing. It can be found here. The intent of this report is to provide information that guides funding programs. The NSF used NIST’s guidance on cloud computing to inform their research and decisionRead… Read more »
Is your Cloud Infrastructure a little Foggy?
Have you been following the latest tech news? Cloud has been the buzzword for sometime and now we are hearing about “This as a Service” and “That as a Service”. Services are great; it is why IT is here –to serve and protect. Before we start going into cloud services, what about the nuts andRead… Read more »
A Look at CumuLogic’s Java PaaS for Clouds
CumuLogic is ready to provide PaaS services for your enterprise CumuLogic is a cloud computing company founded by Sun Microsystems’ alumni. The company has developed a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software that makes it easier and faster to develop and deploy Java applications (apps) in the cloud. By automating the management of the runtime environments forRead… Read more »
ERP Movement in the Cloud Shaking Up HR Software Market
Recent activity – including the acquisitions of SuccessFactors by SAP and Rypple by Salesforce – is pumping new energy into web-based HR software in the HCM market. Things are clearly heating up in this sector, and investors have taken note. In the last two weeks, VC funds have been flowing into the human resources softwareRead… Read more »
Cloudera Day in DC
Carahsoft hosted a Cloudera Day in the DC area on 26 January 2012. Cloudera executives speaking at the event included their CEO Mike Olson, CTO Amr Awadallah, VP of Product Charles Zedlewski, VP of Customer Solutions Omer Trajman, and Cloudera’s Architect Doug Cutting. Doug is known as the founder of many successful open source projectsRead… Read more »