WSO2 Federal Systems Director to Speak at the Cloud Computing & Network Services Symposium
October 2, 2013
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The federal government has embarked on an ambitious plan to transform IT acquisition and management by implementing cloud computing in every federal agency. WSO2 Federal Systems Director of Solutions Adam Firestone will explore the factors in making cloud computing a reality for defense, intelligence, and homeland security in his talk at the Cloud Computing & Network Symposium for Defense, Intelligence & Homeland Security. The conference runs October 8-9, 2013 at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge in Washington, D.C.
The Governed Cloud
Through carefully governed cloud computing, the federal government aims to provide on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable resources that can be quickly established and quickly dismantled. The resulting savings in IT spending within the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and intelligence community could total more than 20 percent of operational costs. However, with these benefits come risks in maintaining security and assurance of services in highly mission critical business and tactical applications…
In his presentation, The Governed Cloud: Accelerating the Development and Fielding of Military and Government Systems, Adam will address critical questions that federal agencies and the military face in harnessing the cloud, including:
Identification of the system acquisitions problem space.
Historical drivers for programmatic and technical inefficiencies.
Solution concepts in cloud and DevOps.
Bridging ideas, from concept to cloud tooling.
About the Presenter
Adam Firestone is director of solutions at WSO2 Federal Systems, a subsidiary of WSO2 Inc. In this role, he works across the scope of the WSO2 team to understand and craft technology solutions that address the unique challenges facing todays military, intelligence, law enforcement, and civilian organizations. A former US Army officer and senior defense industry engineering professional, Adam has led the design and development of critical weapons and command and control systems, as well as spearheading the integration of open source software and principles within the defense enterprise. He recently was awarded the Historic Breechloading Smallarms Associations 2012 Presidents Cup and Gold Medal.