Cloud Computing: Washington vs. Washington

BusinessWeek (Aug 11 2009) Construction

1. The feds want cloud computing services as part of their tech infrastructure, but Washington State plans to build its own data center When I spoke with U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra last month, he outlined a pragmatic approach to federal technology that involved adopting a hybrid model of data centers and cloud computing solutions. Buying infrastructure as a service instead of banking solely on energy-guzzling data centers is a good way to stretch tax dollars, he argued. Kundra's colleague, Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the U.S., shares his approach. (Read Full Article)

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