Cloud computing ‘should be further encouraged by AGIMO’
February 17, 2011
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has been encouraged to take a more positive stance towards cloud computing.
This is the advice of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), which has said AGIMO was unduly negative in its assessment of the technology in a recent paper on the issue, reports the Enterprise Communications website.
According to a cloud computing taskforce established by the AIIA, the organisation should be looking to talk up the benefits of the service rather than simply highlighting its potential risks.
"[It] may compromise higher level aims to reduce costs and increase efficiencies across government service delivery and ICT use," said a statement from the group, which is to be led by Brenton Smith, chief executive officer of Computer Associates.
One public sector body currently planning to make greater use of cloud computing solutions is the Victorian Department of Human Services, it was reported by the Australian earlier this month.