Most government technology managers face the common problem of how to keep up with policy flow, the steady and sometimes torrential stream of IT directives, guidance and requirements from oversight agencies on how to modernize agency systems.
But in area of cloud computing, at least, help is on the way. On Nov. 2, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released a “cloud computing technology road map,” a set of steps to setting up cloud systems that its creators said would help clear their path to cloud adoption.
The draft document, "U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Release 1.0" (NIST Special Publication 500-293) defines high-priority requirements for standards, official guidance and technology developments that need to be met for agencies to accelerate their migration to the cloud model.
“The Tech Roadmap aggregates the ocean of information out there regarding the cloud,” said Fred Whiteside, manager of the Commerce Department’s critical infrastructure protection program. The plan “takes the finger of the federal manager and places it on the things he needs to know to move forward with cloud adoption,” said Whiteside, who is also chairman of the NIST Cloud Computing Security Working Group.
Deployed correctly, cloud computing has the potential to greatly reduce waste, increase data center efficiency and usage rates, and lower operating costs, federal officials said. It should also eventually cut down the policy thicket.
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Source: gcn.com
By: Rutrell Yasin
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