Government in the cloud

[MasterRacker]

I'm not so sure I like the idea of government info being held in a 3rd party cloud.

http://blogs.channelinsider.com/clo..._now_need_to_explain_lack_of_cloud_plans.html

Jeff
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[Servamatic]

Anyone care to take a shot at how the Government would save big bucks by adopting cloud computing?
I would see it causing a lot of infrastructure upgrades, as someone who does a fair amount of Government design and consulting, many agencies are a bit behind the times.

Richard S. Anderson, RCDD

http://www.servamatic.net

 

[audiopro]

A Government save money by developing something?

The next bus to cloud cuckoo land leaves shortly!

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[MasterRacker]

Yeah, I didn't even address the "cost savings" issue. I'd like someone to pull that one off someday.

Hmm, I read another article about Los Angeles moving their e-mail to Google and having a clause where they get paid a stiff penalty if any of it gets hacked / exposed. If you're provider is always paying you when stuff is hacked, I suppose the balance sheet would show a "cost savings". LOL

Jeff
[small][purple]It's never too early to begin preparing for [/purple]International Talk Like a Pirate Day
"The software I buy sucks, The software I write sucks. It's time to give up and have a beer..." - Me[/small]