Archive for March, 2009

Effectively and Securely Using the Cloud Computing Paradigm

Posted by Shahid N. Shah in Cloud Computing on March 19th, 2009

Peter Mell and Tim Grance from NIST, Information Technology Laboratory provide some education on cloud technology and its benefits to set up a discussion of cloud security. They are quick to point out that it is NOT intended to provide official NIST guidance.

2 Comments

Cloud Computing Concepts and Overview from GSA Quarterly IT Forum

Posted by Shahid N. Shah in Cloud Computing on March 8th, 2009

GSA hosted an excellent Quarterly IT Forum on Cloud Computing back in February. The following documents are worth reading if you’re new to the concepts.

Federal Cloud Computing IT Quarterly Forum Q1 2009 - Cloud Computing Concepts

Federal Cloud Computing IT Quarterly Forum Q1 2009 - Cloud Computing Basics

No Comments

Cloud Computing: DISA’s Operational Perspective

Posted by Shahid N. Shah in Cloud Computing, Methodologies & Frameworks, Project Management on March 8th, 2009

DISA’s been doing some excellent work around global hosting and creating centralized data centers for use across the government. A couple of weeks ago they presented their cloud computing operational perspective at the GSA Cloud Computing Quarterly IT Forum.

Their presentation is worth reviewing:

1 Comment

Cloud Computing Interoperability Workshop March 23 in Virginia

Posted by Shahid N. Shah in Cloud Computing on March 8th, 2009

The Agenda for the Cloud Computing Interoperability Workshop on March 23 in Crystal City, Virginia is now online. Strategies and Technologies for Cloud Computing Interoperability (SATCCI) is a Workshop for Federal Computing Stakeholders.

The Obama Administration in general and the new Federal CIO specifically have espoused the benefits of cloud computing in government. If you’re interested in cloud computing and how it might apply to your federal architecture environment, please plan on attending.

If you’d like to propose contents, suggest questions that need to be answered, etc. please post them here and I will be happy to pass them along to the organizers.

Click here to register. The agenda is as follows:

Morning sessions (Standards)

  • NIST ‐ Tim Grance (NIST Cloud Program Manager), Peter Mell (Senior Computer Scientist)
  • Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum ‐ Reuven Cohen (Leader and Founder Enomaly Inc.)
  • Open Cloud Consortium ‐ Robert Grossman (Leader)
  • Open Grid Forum ‐ Craig Lee (President)
  • Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium ‐Krishna Sankar (Leader of Cloud Computing Team)
  • Distributed Management Task Force ‐ Winston Bumpus (President)
  • Storage Network Industry Association ‐  Mark Carlson (SNIA Technical Council and Sun)

Afternoon sessions (Vendors and Companies)

  • Cisco ‐ Krishna Sankar (Distinguished Engineer)
  • IBM ‐ Dirk Nicol (Program Director, Cloud Standards)
  • Microsoft ‐ Susie Adams (CTO of the Federal Sales organization)
  • Salesforce.com ‐ Dan Burton (Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy)
  • Sun ‐ Scott Radeztsky (Chief Architect for Americas Systems Engineering)
  • Elastra ‐ Stuart Charlton (Chief Software Architect)
  • Interactive Panel and Q&A with all Company Speakers

No Comments