Cloud computing

• Cloud services coming to Apps.gov

  Apps.gov, the GSA’s cloud-based storefront, will soon offer storage, virtualization and Web hosting applications to government agencies. Vendors with an infrastructure-as-a-service contract will provide their services on the website. Apps.gov will alleviate the federal IT strain on storage, computing power and website hosting. The new cloud infrastructure will also eliminate the need for agencies to [...]

  Technology

  November 16, 2010
• NASA Goddard CIO discusses cloud as a priority

  Adrian Gardner has been the chief information officer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 10 months. Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller spoke with Gardner recently about his priorities for the agency. Gardner says one of his goals is to understand the needs of the scientific community. If you look at computing here at Goddard [...]

  Technology

  November 15, 2010
• Morche: Cheaper, faster telecom solutions driving better performance

  You have a lot of options to consider when you\'re considering cloud computing. Sorting through the possibilities to find the right fit for your agency becomes tougher.

  All News

  November 11, 2010
• Report: Human factor weak link in cloud computing

  Cloud computing and security – you never hear one talked about without the other. In a new report, Allan Friedman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, explores how to think about privacy and security in the cloud. He argues the real weak link in security is the human factor. For this reason, Friedman tells Federal [...]

  Technology

  November 09, 2010
• Agencies raise questions about cloud computing

  It seems like everywhere Federal News Radio goes, people are talking about the cloud. Experts at TechAmerica’s 2010 IdentEvent questioned whether moving all agencies to the cloud is possible in the short term. This on the heels of GSA issuing its draft requirements for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Those sitting on [...]

  Technology

  November 09, 2010
• Have ideas about cloud computing certification? Tell GSA

  Think you can help the federal government speed up its certification and accreditation of cloud computing products and services? If the answer is yes, the General Services Administration wants to hear from you. GSA recently released requirements for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), an interagency initiative that will provide the government-wide certification [...]

  Technology

  November 09, 2010
• How to stay secure in the cloud computing age

  Allan Friedman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, describes how to maintain security and privacy in the cloud computing age.

  Technology

  November 09, 2010
• Feds raise questions about cloud security

  Several cyber experts are not sold on how security around cloud computing will work. Some of the doubts come as GSA issues draft requirements for FedRAMP. Others say agencies likely will move to a private cloud first before trusting data to a public provider.

  Technology

  November 08, 2010
• NIST creates cloud computing test bed

  Federal News Radio was on hand for the latest NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop where the agency announced it has created a cloud computing test bed named Koala. Dawn Leaf, NIST’s senior executive for Cloud Computing, told those in attendance the objective of the test bed is to “assess and characterize resource allocation algorithms [...]

  Technology

  November 07, 2010
• NIST defining steps to cloud computing

  Agencies are laying the foundation for the use of cloud computing in the government. Officials are marking their progress in smaller steps instead of big strides.

  Technology

  November 05, 2010
• NASA discusses challenges of data center consolidation

  It\'s been more than nine months since the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative began with the intent to reduce energy usage, lower IT costs and improve security. And some federal agencies are discovering that it\'s difficult to reduce spending without putting some money upfront first. NASA is just one of the federal agencies trying to [...]

  Technology

  November 03, 2010
• GSA rolls out FedRAMP requirements

  The White House wants common security requirements for agencies in the cloud. So GSA is rolling out FedRAMP. They say it will provide security authorizations and continuous monitoring of cloud systems.

  Federal Drive

  November 03, 2010
• How can cloud computing help people with disabilities?

  A really cool interview for you this week about a cloud computing contest the Federal Communications Commission is running. Federal News Radio’s Amy Morris and Tom Temin spoke with Pam Gregory, Director of the FCC’s Accessibility and Innovation Initiative. Gregory told Federal News Radio the FCC recognizes that “cloud is the future” and leveraging its [...]

  Technology

  November 02, 2010
• Google sues U.S. government

  Google is suing the U.S. government for what it claims is unfairly requiring the Web-based document system it uses to be part of Microsoft.

  Technology

  November 02, 2010