Could the Cloud Derail a $300 Million Data Center?

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 23, 2009 @06:23AM from the follow-the-electrons dept.

1sockchuck writes "The cloud computing debate has come into focus for taxpayers in Washington state, where a proposed $300 million project to build a data center in Olympia for the state's IT operations is coming under scrutiny. Two legislators are urging the state to shift applications to the cloud instead, noting that two of the largest cloud computing providers (Microsoft and Amazon) are based in the state. The critics say the data center project is driven by an interest in local construction and 'fails to seriously explore the larger strategic question facing government technology today.'"

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And here I was ... by lbalbalba · 2009-07-23 06:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

... stupid me, thinking that 'The Cloud', actually *was* a $300 Million Data Center...
Re:Want real government savings? by mosodede · 2009-07-23 07:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

Windows is not quite as crappy in large enterprises as you might like to believe.

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