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The Economics of Federal Cloud Computing Analyzed

Posted by kdawson on from the clouds'-illusions-i-recall dept.

jg21 writes "With the federal government about to spend $20B on IT infrastructure, this highly analytical article by two Booz Allen Hamilton associates makes it clear that cloud computing has now received full executive backing and offers clear opportunities for agencies to significantly reduce their growing expenditures for data centers and IT hardware. From the article: 'A few agencies are already moving quickly to explore cloud computing solutions and are even redirecting existing funds to begin implementations... Agencies should identify the aspects of their current IT workload that can be transitioned to the cloud in the near term to yield "early wins" to help build momentum and support for the migration to cloud computing.'"

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  1. Just typical by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    These government types always have their heads in the clouds...

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    Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
  2. Perfect fit! by peipas · · Score: 4, Funny

    $20B + system built by Microsoft's new 'Danger' arm + White House IT administration = dream government cloud!

    All your base are most certainly permanently lost!

  3. Not so sure by Amanitin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Moving onto clouds always gives me the sense of losing control.
    With government agencies I am pretty sure my tax payment records will be the first they loose, my traffic offense records the last.

  4. Ask the experts: what is cloud computing? by Web+Goddess · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is cloud computing? Knowledgeable people interviewed at Web 2.0 Expo last year describe in hilarious terms their understanding of the phrase, making only one thing clear: clouds are nebulous.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNuQHUiV3Q

    --Wendy

  5. Re:Economies of Scale by slim · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wasn't going to watch 24 again, but it might be worth watching another series to see whether they get a cloud reference in.

    "Open me a socket into the FBI cloud NOW!"

  6. Re:Who cares about security? by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I'm sure you deal with those issues by assuring them that you've got top men working on it. Top. Men.

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    If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.