Cloud Computing’s Tipping Point
Half of federal agencies will be in the cloud within 12 months, according to our new cloud computing survey.
Private clouds promise maximum control and strong security, while commercial cloud services are fast and flexible. Which works best? Government agencies are adopting both, as well as hybrids. The private cloud vs. public cloud debate is rapidly giving way to new models where agencies tap on-demand IT resources from a variety of cloud platforms—private, commercial, hybrid, software as a service—based on what best suits their needs.
There are few technology trends the U.S. government is embracing with such fervor as the cloud. In his Federal Cloud Computing Strategy report, published in February, federal CIO Vivek Kundra set a target of shifting 25% of the government’s $80 billion in annual IT spending to cloud computing.