The future of the cloud is now (or maybe FY 2016)
June 8, 2015
Grazed from FederalTimes. Author: Jennifer Sakole.
At a recent Federal IT Acquisition Summit, a panel of government representatives discussed cloud adoption by the federal government. Comments made during the panel – particularly by Stan Kaczmarczyk, Director of the Cloud Computing Services Program Management Office within the General Services Administration’s Office of Integrated Technology Services (ITS) – offer insight into what the future of federal cloud computing might look like.
Mr. Kaczmarczyk recognized the frustration that both employees and industry have with the slow adoption of cloud by the federal government. He pointed to several contributing factors, including the lengthy federal budget cycle, reduced budgets, and the temptation for agencies to exercise options on contracts already in place for legacy systems rather than initiating new procurement efforts required to move to cloud…
But that frustration may soon be alleviated, he said, as federal cloud adoption will most likely accelerate in late fiscal 2016 and into fiscal 2017…
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