Homeland Security’s Private Cloud

Data Center Knowledge (Sep 16 2010) Cloud Computing

1. Government security agencies may strike you as odd candidates for cloud computing. But not Richard Spires. Under Spires’ leadership, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is implementing a private cloud infrastructure. “Right now we’re doing it in our own facilities,” said Spires, the CIO of DHS. ” We have capabilities that look very much like a private cloud.” The cloud computing initiative is part of a broader push to update the IT infrastructure for DHS, the huge agency formed after the 9/11 attacks to protect America from terrorist attacks. The effort also includes a data center consolidation designed to reduce its facilities from 24 data centers down to just two. The agency’s struggles to streamline and manage its IT infrastructure come under regular scrutiny from Congress and auditors. (Read Full Article)

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