Cloud computing

  • Goutam Kundu, the agency\'s CIO, is focusing on reducing the number of applications, modernizing its systems and improving online customer service. June 23, 2011

    June 23, 2011
  • Federal CIO Vivek Kundra\'s departure from government could mean a gray future for cloud computing in the federal government. Federal News Radio got the forecast from NextGov reporter Joseph Marks.

    June 21, 2011
  • Luke McCormack, the chief information officer of the Homeland Security Department\'s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said ICE has not done a good job over the years in how they communicate their needs and requirements to industry. June 16, 2011(Encore presentation July 28, 2011)

    June 14, 2011
  • A great story on cloud computing from Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller. Miller reports federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra sees financial systems and human resources systems as the next two big areas that could benefit from cloud computing. Kundra said the government currently runs more than 1,000 different financial and HR systems. “I envision [...]

    June 13, 2011
  • One of government\'s biggest cloud believers details his latest move. Mark Forman, co-founder of Government Transaction Services joins In Depth with more on making the move to the cloud

    June 13, 2011
  • Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said there are more than 1,000 of these back-office systems and moving them to private cloud providers could save billions. Several agencies, including Labor and EEOC, already have moved their financial systems to a private cloud. Kundra envisions an interagency effort similar to the one for email where agencies commit to using a governmentwide contract for these services.

    June 10, 2011
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the largest federal agency to select Google\'s email system

    June 09, 2011
  • After decades in federal government, Sonny Bhagowalia is moving to the state government to be the Aloha State\'s first full-time chief information officer.

    June 08, 2011
  • Agencies might not be taking the cloud first policy to heart. Nathan Coutinho is an Enterprise, Server, Storage and Virtualization Solutions Manager at CDW

    June 03, 2011
  • CIO Rosio Alvarez said she soon will release a RFP to move the lab\'s ERP system to the cloud. Berkeley already moved its email to the cloud.

    June 01, 2011
  • The Federal CIO Council released Thursday a list of 78 cloud projects being completed by the 25 largest federal agencies. Starting in December 2010, each agency was required to identify three projects to move to the cloud within 18 months as part of the Obama administration\'s 25-Point Plan to Reform Federal IT Management.

    May 29, 2011
  • Retired Air Force Major General Dale Meyerrose is the vice president and general manager of Cyber and Information Assurance for the Harris Corporation. He is here to tell us what a new facility can offer to your agency\'s cloud computing needs.

    May 27, 2011
  • Dmitry Kagansky, Chief Technologist of Federal for Quest Software Public Sector, addresses rumors about the cloud that are circling around your agency.

    May 23, 2011
  • Agency CIO Roger Baker said a new initiative will try to pare down the number of software packages employees use by 95 percent. The Ruthless Shutdown Project, is getting underway to address the proliferation of applications that is costing VA hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    May 17, 2011