Cloud Computing in Government: A Progress Report, moderated by Robert Ames of IBM
Panelists:
- Doug Bourgeois, Director, National Business Center, Dept. of the Interior
- Casey Coleman, CIO, GSA
- William (Bill) Turnbull, Associate CIO for Advanced Technology and Systems Integration, Department of Energy
Robert Ames of IBM opens, sets context for panel and quips on the 4th Cloud Delivery model, “Hype as a Service”, via David Vap.
Casey Coleman, opens saying hard to give progress report at this early stage, but there is a lot of momentum for cloud computing in the government. A big part of that momentum is the recently launched Apps.gov site.
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Energize and Save, Tod Nielsen, Chief Operating Officer, VMWare, opening keynote
Todd starts by talking about all of the government agencies VMWare works with. The list is extensive. One example, the CIA is virtualizing 4000 servers, saving millions in capital and energy costs.
Gartner factoid, 89% of virtualized apps run on VMWare (dated December 2008).
Early in virtualization journey, 0 – 20% virtualized, the big savings is Capex. These projects are typically for IT owned assets, file and print, mail etc. Next phase, is line of business applications, the concerns here shift from just capex to “speeds and feeds”, business continuity, up-time. Often, these are less critical, tier 2 and 3 applications. Todd shares anecdote of organization where CIO was concerned that tier 2 and 3 had better up-time than tier 1, response tiers 2 – 3 are virtualized, was driver for tier 1 virtualization as well. So, capex, energy and up-time.
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