Posts tagged “Cloud computing”

GSA Implements Google Apps for Government

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

GSA cloud-based strategy, called “Drive to the Cloud,” begins with e-mail launch and more than 10 terabytes of server-side data moved to Google Apps.

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Capturing Consumer-Powered Lightning in a Bottle

Monday, February 14th, 2011

The consumerization of IT is driving economic change at a level not seen since the global spread of industrial technology a hundred years ago. What was known as “Web 2.0” early in this century, and the business and consumer applications it wrought, continue to evolve at a blinding pace. Just last summer the world met [...]

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Why GSA’s Move to the Cloud is One to Watch

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

My earlier post on the announcement that Unisys will migrate the General Services Administration to Google Apps for Government talked about why the announcement was getting so much attention. Today I want to explore some of the reasons why this announcement is an historic one.
I don’t use the word “historic” lightly. But GSA’s decision to [...]

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How Consumerization is Changing How We Choose, Use, and Pay for IT

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Readying your data center to handle the changes wrought by the consumerization of IT represents a rare opportunity to rethink how your company chooses, uses, and pays for information technology.
I’ve written before that data center readiness is not just a matter of technology, but rather, one of process. Technologies — or should I say “computing [...]

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Data Center Readiness: It’s Not All About Technology

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Mobile devices and other consumer-driven technologies are set to increase transaction volumes by an order of magnitude. Now is the time to start preparing your data center and enterprise applications for this shift.
But be forewarned: The challenges you will face are not necessarily technical in nature. Technology is the easier part. But before you can [...]

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