Vivek Kundra Formally Announces Govt Usage of Cloud Computing
Written by: Shadeed Eleazer
The Federal Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, has announced that the Federal Govt will officially begin the usage of cloud computing.
In accordance with this announcement, Kundra has revealed a new government site Apps.gov. This site is the location where you can find pre-approved cloud computing applications that are to be used by agencies, departments, components, and sections.
Applications are broken down into 4 categories:
Business Applications which contains 33 sub-topics
Productivity Applications which contains 7 sub-topics
Cloud IT Services which contains 4 sub-topics
Social Media Applications which contains 9 sub-topics
The government is making a big push with the adoption of approved social media applications.
FriendFeed, YouTube, MySpace, TwitVid (video app for Twitter), and photo sharing application Flickr are all subsequent to open enrollment.
Implications
Cloud computing will greatly reduce IT costs within the federal government. There will be issues to be ironed out with security issues and policies will have to established in Phase 1 of this new approach to computing within the federal sector.
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