Is Amazon's cloud crash a cautionary tale for government?
Amazon's extended outage at one of the data centers that hosts cloud services could be of concern for agencies being ordered to move some applications to the cloud.
Digital oil: What is it?
Vivek Kundra speaks about the "black gold" of the future: digital infrastructure.
Citizant expands cloud cover for GSA
Citizant Inc. will continue to provide cloud technology services to the General Services Administration under a recently awarded three-year contract worth $3.9 million.
Dell to sink $1B into its cloud push
Dell said April 7 that it plans to spend $1 billion in cloud technology over its next fiscal year.
Nothing wussy about moderate security
"There is nothing wussy about moderate," Robert Williams, president of Clear Government Solutions said at a recent briefing on cloud computing in the government in Washington, D.C.
HP unveils cloud partner program
Hewlett-Packard launched its CloudSystem partner program for users to develop cloud skills and receive guidance on the necessary business model changes.
Cisco exec Paul Brubaker joins new company
The former Cisco executive who led its Internet Business Solutions Group accepts a top post at D.C.-based IT consulting firm Synteractive.
Cisco cloud buy expands its services
Cisco intends to buy software provider NewScale.
5 critical cloud questions customers need answered
Vendors need to be ready to answer questions about cost, security and applications when their customers look to the cloud computing, writes DLT Solutions CIO Van Ristau.
Winners and losers in cloud computing
Cloud computing's acceptance across a wide swath of government is inevitable. For contractors, some will get hurt and others will flourish. Which side will you be on?
Alliance addresses cloud computing's missing ingredient
An alliance spearheaded by Harris Corp. aims to accelerate adoption of cloud computing by government agencies by developing tgechnologies that ensure the security of data.
The danger of public presentations
A cool use of interactive cloud computing comes close to going awry at the IRMCO conference.
TechAmerica Foundation gathers cloud commission
Marc Benioff and Michael Capellas will serve as co-chairmen of a new TechAmerica Foundation commission that will formulate public policies for the Obama administration’s Cloud First initiative.
VA considers moving e-mail to the cloud
The Veterans Affairs Department is looking for vendors to help with e-mail, archive, backup and storage solutions in the cloud.
Kundra describes vision of three huge federal data centers
In the future, federal data center consolidation could go much further and create three huge "digital Fort Knox" centers, Kundra said.
Data ownership question looms for cloud providers
Cloud computing requires an evolution in thinking on the part of agency managers and cloud providers on issues including acquisition and data ownership, a panel of CIOs representing defense and civilian agencies said.
Call and response
Dan Gordon knows what to say and when to say it
Cloud computing headed for $20B market
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is pushing for 25 percent of federal IT spending to head to the cloud, with data center consolidation helping to pay for it.
Cloud computing math — does it add up?
If you doubt the economic benefits of a governmentwide approach to cloud security, do the math.
Level 3 takes FBI functions to the cloud
Under a subcontract, Level 3 will provide content delivery services under a cloud model for the FBI.
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