5 Early Cloud Adopters In Federal Government
September 22, 2014
Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Elena Malykhina.
The federal government is known for its risk-adverse nature and tight control of IT assets. But with increasing data needs and constrained budgets, agencies are turning to cloud computing as a solution. Policies such as Cloud First have moved agencies in the right direction. Cloud First, authored by former federal CIO Vivek Kundra, mandates that agencies consider cloud computing before other options for new IT projects.
In an interview with InformationWeek Government earlier this year, Kundra, who is now with Salesforce as executive VP of emerging markets, said the public sector is experiencing a major shift in the IT landscape. "We’ve seen amazing proof points when it comes to cloud computing, like the $600 million contract that Amazon won with the CIA," he said…
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