White House Moves Towards Cloud Computing
The Briefing Room: The BlogStreaming at 1:00 In the CloudTuesday, September 15th, 2009Posted by Vivek Kundra, U.S. Chief Technology OfficerToday, I am excited to announce that we have launched Apps.gov to help continue the President’s initiative to lower the cost of government operations while driving innovation within government. I’ll be discussing this in a speech at the NASA Ames Research Center at 1:00 EDT – watch the speech live here [UPDATE: This event has now concluded].Apps.gov is an online storefront for federal agencies to quickly browse and purchase cloud-based IT services, for productivity, collaboration, and efficiency. Cloud computing is the next generation of IT in which data and applications will be housed centrally and accessible anywhere and anytime by a various devices (this is opposed to the current model where applications and most data is housed on individual devices). By consolidating available services, Apps.gov is a one-stop source for cloud services – an innovation that not only can change how IT operates, but also save taxpayer dollars in the process. …For full text of the blog post, visit: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Streaming-at-100-In-the-Cloud/
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