Federal CIO Details Cloud Computing Gains
E-mail and knowledge-management are just a couple of ways federal agencies are using cloud computing to create more efficiency in their IT environments.
Current and planned cloud deployments among agencies vary from a new online database from the Social Security Administration to answer U.S. citizens' frequently asked questions, to the migration of more than 15,000 e-mail boxes to the cloud at the General Services Administration (GSA).
White House CIO Vivek Kundra detailed case studies of how agencies are using cloud computing -- one of several priorities for the Obama administration to help modernize federal IT deployments -- in several recent blog posts. The deployments show agencies trying to streamline operations and better engage with citizens by moving in-house software and services to the cloud.
