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Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud

This article discusses the advantages and challenges of migrating federal IT systems to the cloud. It explores case studies of failed projects and highlights the need for a fundamental reform of federal IT. The importance of data center growth, security, standards, and procurement in the cloud computing landscape is emphasized.

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Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud

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  1. Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud Vivek Kundra Federal Chief Information Officer www.whitehouse.gov

  2. IT Reform • Department of Defense – integrated human resource systems • 12 years, $1 billion • Failed • Census Bureau – handheld development • 2 years, $600 million • Census still paper-based • Department of Veterans Affairs – two financial systems • $300 million • One ended in failure after 10 years • One has yet to deliver initial operating capabilities • Turnaround or terminate troubled projects • Halt new awards of financial management system modernization projects • Catalyze a fundamental reform of Federal IT Time Out

  3. The Case for Change Data Center Growth Source: IBM Global Technology Services. "Data Center Relocation." Podcasts. IBM Global Technology Services, 29 July 2009. (http://www-01.ibm.com/webcasts/podcasts/channels/gts/transcripts/relocation-transcript.pdf)

  4. Scalable, Lower Cost, Better Service

  5. A Tale of Two Cities Sources: http://blog.rightscale.com/ 2008/04/23/animoto-facebook-scale-up/ (http://www.cars.gov/files/official-information/CARS-Report-to-Congress.pdf )

  6. Security, Standards & Procurement February 2010 Plan for Standardized C&A Process initiated May 2010 NIST Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop May 2009 Industry Summit November 2009 Security & Standards Working Groups Convened April 2009 Cloud Computing Program Management Office Established December 2010 Comprehensive Plan 6

  7. The Information Technology Gap “There’s a form for that” “There’s an app for that” Source: Office of Personnel Management –“File Cave”; whitehouse.gov/open Source: with an eye: http://www.flickr.com/photos/with-an-eye/4252529812/c

  8. Vivek Kundra Federal Chief Information Officer www.whitehouse.gov

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