Cloud Computing

Could be of some interest to some!
AnnouncementFormation of Three new NIST Cloud Computing Working Groups:Cloud Services, Federated Community Cloud and Interoperability & Portability. Joint telecon kickoff session on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. EDT Three public working groups are being formed to address requirements laid out in the USG…[Read more]

IMO intereting read!
http://cloudcomputing.ulitzer.com/node/2758259
ARM Server to Transform Cloud and Big Data to the Internet of ThingsA completely new computing platform is on the horizon. They’re called Microservers by some, ARM Servers by others, and sometimes even ARM-based Servers. No matter what you call them, Microservers will have a huge…[Read more]

From Application Development Trends blog Waterswork Possible Game Changer: IBM’s Open Source Watson Cloud Platform When IBM announced its decision last month to turn its Watson cognitive computing technology into an open software development platform, complete with APIs and (Big Blue hopes) a partner ecosystem, the news didn’t exactly set the…[Read more]

Free Open Source Content Management Systems Event December 10, Washington DC
Digital Disruption In The Public Sector: Making The Agency Of The Future A Reality Today
Featuring speakers from The White House, National Archives, FEMA, Acquia, Amazon Web Services, and others.
For more information and to reserve your place.

IMO good infographic describing the basics of “the cloud” from Webexpenses.com

Have posted a discussion which could be of some interest/value to someTitle Microsoft and the Cloud

From Windows IT Pro Title: Introducing Windows Azure for IT ProfessionalsMicrosoft has taken the wraps off another free learning offering in the form of an eBook (PDF). Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals (by Mitch Tulloch and the Windows Azure Team) is one of the first stabs at trying to lure IT Pros into the Windows Azure party. At…[Read more]

Have posted a discussion which could be of some interest to some!
From The Cloud Security Alliance
Title: How the Landscape of Security Analytics is Changing

Have posted a discussion which could have some interest to some!
Title: Dropbox Security/Privacy Issue

https://idc-insights-community.com/government/smart_government/is_cloud_passe

Have posted a discussion which could be of some interest to some!
Title: DoD Email and the Cloud!

Event Alert: Please attend the 4th Annual Amazon Web Services Worldwide Public Sector Summit on Tuesday, September 10th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Whether you are a developer, IT manager, architect, CIO, or program manager–there will be something here for you! There is no cost to attend this event, but space is limited so…[Read more]

Have posted a discussion which could be of some interest to some:
Title: The Cloud and Smartphones

Have posted a discussion which could be of some interest to some…
Title: Open Source and the Cloud

Have posted a discussion which could be of some interest to some
Title: Cloud Security and NSA

A rather interesting “slide show” of cloud outages so far in 2013 from Network World

SDN is poised to do for the network what cloud is doing for the data center. However, despite the buzz, many within government aren’t sure what the technology can do and how it can benefit them. A recent series of articles on the Modern network details what SDN is, and why it’s beneficial for government agencies today. Definitely worth the…[Read more]

more than 50% of the Fortune 500 are using Windows Azure already
From Microsoft’s Azure blog …Last week at TechEd North America, I had the opportunity to meet with a staggering number of customers, partners and analysts from all over the world. There is nothing as energizing as hearing directly from customers like Milliman, Trek and Mando…[Read more]