Comments on: Cloud Computing in Government: Private, Public, Both or None?

By: US Government Launches Cloud Application Store, But The Toughest Questions Remain Unanswered

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:14:55 +0000

[...] privacy and procurement, will definitely help, but it is the enterprise-wide governance bit where most shared service initiatives have failed or struggled in the past. Why should the federal cloud initiative be any different? [...]

By: Lack of Money Pushes Local Governments Into the Clouds

Lack of Money Pushes Local Governments Into the Clouds — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:41:36 +0000

[...] E-discovery, reliability, security are typical concerns voiced by government clients who feel that private rather than public cloud services are more appropriate to run sensitive workloads (see Gartner research note, subscription [...]

By: Public And Private Cloud Computing in Government: Balancing Act or Battlefield?

Public And Private Cloud Computing in Government: Balancing Act or Battlefield? — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:42:10 +0000

[...] We have covered some of these issues in a recent Gartner research note. [...]

By: Wishing My American Friends A Great Independence Day

Wishing My American Friends A Great Independence Day — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:31:44 +0000

[...] government. Messages about “open data“, “transparent by default” or “cloud computing” have mobilized formidable brainpower across government. CIOs and administrators tweet about [...]

By: Why IT Could Derail Government 2.0

Why IT Could Derail Government 2.0 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:35:12 +0000

[...] greater? What happens when budget-constrained agency starts turning toward “fully public” cloud services for their infrastructure or application needs, and discontinue lucrative infrastructure maintenance [...]