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On Thursday, May 26th, the  Federal Executive Forum featured three important Federal cloud computing leaders: David McClure- Associate Administrator, GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications Col. Kevin Foster- Office of the Secretary of Defense Chris Kemp- CTO, NASA Ames The one hour program discussed: -  Key Initiatives & Progress Made in Cloud Computing -  NASA Ames Nebula and DISA RACE Case Studies   - GSA Cloud Computing Storefront Update   - Barriers or Contraints to still overcome in getting to a Secure Cloud Environment   - A Future Vision for the next 1-2 Years in Cloud Computing A program excerpt is provided below. Federal Executive Forum Secure Cloud 5 26 10 (View more c ontent from Kevin Jackson .) Video of the entire program is available on the Federal Executive Forum website. These 1 hour radio and video programs are produced and broadcast monthly in Washington, DC and feature 3-4 Top Government IT Executives discussing mission critical issues. The programs ...

I'm declaring Monday, May 24th, as Cloud Computing Day at DoDIIS.  Lieutenant General Richard Zahner, Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G2, seemed to get things going with his video that highlighted the future Army's dependence on "cloud nodes". I also enjoyed the keynote by EMC Corporation Board Chairman, President and CEO Joseph Tucci's "A New Vision of IT: The Private Cloud".  As I listed last week, many of the breakout sessions also focused on cloud. In fact, an additional Wednesday session titled "High Assurance Platform (HAP) - The Cloud In Your Pocket" was added. The highlight of my day was of course the panel where I had the honor of sharing with Teresa Westfall of the NRO and Bob Lozano from Appistry. We had over 100 energized attendees. Thank you all for your interest.  As promised, the panel presentations are provided below. Teresa Westfall - DoDIIS Worldwide 2010 View more presentations from Kevin Jackson . Kevin Jackson - DoDIIS Worldwi...

Last week Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra release his report on the “State of Public Sector Cloud Computing” . The report not only details Federal budget guidance issued to agencies to foster the adoption of cloud computing, but it also describes 30 illustrative case studies at the Federal, state and local government level. As stated in the report: “The Obama Administration is changing the way business is done in Washington and bringing a new sense of responsibility to how we manage taxpayer dollars. We are working to bring the spirit of American innovation and the power of technology to improve performance and lower the cost of government operations.” Issuance of this report reinforces last week’s Washington, DC event during which the CIO pushed to engage closely with industry on this important journey towards cloud computing. A critical aspect of this journey is the development of cloud computing standards. Led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIS...

Next week in Phoenix, AZ, the Defense Intelligence Agency will host the 2010 Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference . The theme of this event is "Mission Powered Partnerships...Keeping our Customers One Step Ahead." The conference will feature 400 solution providers, over 2000 attendees, high level plenary speakers, numerous breakout sessions and nightly networking socials. On Monday, May 24th, cloud computing is a prominent topic with the following sessions scheduled: A New Vision of IT: The Private Cloud Mr. Joseph M. Tucci Chairman, Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer, EMC Corporation We are at the beginning of what largest and most significant wave of beneficial change in the IT industry's long evolution. This new wave, known as cloud computing, has captured the attention of pragmatic organizations everywhere that are frustrated with the increasing complexity, inflexibility, and cost of their IT envir...