Ahead in the Clouds: An Online Forum for Government

Abstract

Cloud computing is an approach for deploying capabilities on private, community- shared, and public- shared information technology (IT) environments. Enabled by new technologies, it holds promise for more efficient use of IT resources, yielding significant cost and capability advantages in some circumstances. However, a cloud computing approach presents new acquisition, management, and security challenges as well as financial trade-offs for those responsible for IT decision making. Private clouds can offer some advantages over traditional IT while maintaining maximum control, while community and public clouds can provide the ability to leverage the providers capital investment in return for "pay as you go" operational expense.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1107764

Entities

People

  • Geoff Raines
  • Harry J. Foxwell
  • Kevin Paschuck
  • Peter Coffee
  • Ron Knode

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Centers
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Mobile Computing
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Smartphones
  • Systems Engineering
  • Web Applications
  • Web Browsers
  • Web Service

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design