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