Microsoft May Be Developing Government Cloud OS
August 13, 2013
Grazed from CMSWire. Author: David Roe.
There is further evidence this morning that cloud computing is getting specialized with reports that Microsoft may be in the process of developing one or more versions of its cloud operating system customized for government users.
Microsoft Government Cloud OS?
The report that Microsoft is in the process of doing this surfaced in a report by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley who, citing unnamed sources, says that a new specialized version of Microsoft Cloud OS’s platform is currently under development. While this probably won’t be confirmed until the final product is ready for release, it does correspond with an emerging trend that we saw last week with ClearData where verticals that are managing sensitive data, and who want to move to the cloud, are looking for specialized, secure products…
In last week’s example ClearDATA developed a HIPAA compliant cloud for those in the health sector. By the same reasoning it would make sense for the government and government agencies to do the same. According to Foley work on the new government cloud OS would include Microsoft’s set of public, hybrid and private offerings, and may end up being called "Fairfax" — Fairfax being the home of the US government’s General Services Administration…
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