Category: cloud computing
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Why FedRAMP Is Worth Caring About
Reposted from AOL Government, http://gov.aol.com/2011/12/12/why-fedramp-is-worth-caring-about/. If you have been at a recent Washington Capitals hockey game when the opponent scores a goal, you know the crowd routinely shouts out “Who cares!” Last week, Steven VanRoekel, Federal CIO, released the long awaited OMB plan for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP; which reminds me to be…
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Reflections At ELC: Why Klososky’s Keynote Missed The Mark
This last weekend I attended the Executive Leadership Conference (ELC) sponsored by ACT-IAC in Williamsburg. The opening night keynote speaker Scott Klososky, presented some interesting points but I felt left out some key issues; probably a bit of an unfair feeling since he only had an hour to cover a lot of material. I wrote…
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Moving Into the Cloud – Practical Experience
For all those who are near the Washington Convention Center today and tomorrow there is an interesting conference on Cloud Computing and Virtualization, http://govcloudconference.com/Events/2011/Home.aspx, Best of all, they reached back into ancient history, and asked me to moderate a panel Friday, September 9th, from 10:15 – 11:15, entitled Moving Into the Cloud – Practical Experience. We…
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Cloud Computing Thoughts – Part II
In my previous entry regarding Cloud Computing, I discussed briefly one of the major reasons why organizations are turning to the cloud, saving costs. I pointed out some of the issues involved in achievable that goal. While I also consider the possibility of cost savings associated with Cloud Computing important, I believe other implications are…
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Cloud Computing Thoughts – Part I
The Cloud Computing freight train roars on, if not with a lot of motion, at least with a lot of noise and tumult. I have been part of a number of panels over the last few months which focused on the subject of Cloud Computing, the current state of the’art’, and as usual what barriers…
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Cloud Computing Panel at the Cloud Computing Summit
There was a joke that circulated years ago that if you wanted to get additional budget for IT you just said it was for ‘The Internet’. No one was quite clear as to what they would do, but they knew they wanted to be on, or in, or connected to it. In the Pentagon that…
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School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, Upstate CIO Conference
This coming Friday, April 16, the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University is hosting a conference to bring together CIO’s and Academic leaders to discuss some of the current issues facing IT. The conference welcome describes the nature of the conference pretty clearly: “Welcome to the first Upstate CIO Conference, where CIOs from Upstate New…