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When Federal Cloud Computing Makes Sense

  By VAZATA Information | March 6, 2013 - 12:40 pm | ,
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http://www.dreamstime.com/-image23029150The federal government is fundamentally changing the way it operates.  It is confronted with system-wide challenges ranging from the economy, the environment, to healthcare; in addition public infrastructure is not performing adequately and there are operational and public safety risks. Such challenges have forced the government to take a front and center role in working across the public, private, and academic sectors. This will solve massively complex and cross-disciplinary, interdependent problems. Federal cloud computing is a major part of this.

From an operational perspective, all systems operate today via human interactions with technology and with IT infrastructure as the foundational grid from which those interactions and transactions are enabled. Increasingly, more demands will be made of Federal government, for handling, managing, and overseeing transactions (e.g. Recovery.gov, Ethics.gov, Data.gov, etc.). As a steward and provider of services to citizens, we provide the government with provisions that require 21st century infrastructure, know-how, and innovation.

Here is a list of benefits that an agency might use when implementing federal cloud computing services, IaaS being one of these valuable services.

Provide agile high capacity computingUse cloud-based virtual machines to quickly provision and ramp up capacity for compute-intensive tasks Provision and scale up multiple instances for a scientific computing task IaaS, PaaS
Provide secure and precertified computing infrastructure environmentsUse certified secure cloud-based images to provide the most commonly used Agency computing environments Provide agencies with instantly available secure and certified Windows or Linux server instances IaaS
Provide government website hosting servicesUse certified secure cloud-based images to migrate government web sites for improved scalability and reduced operating costs and environmental impact Migrate specific .gov websites to a cloud platform IaaS, PaaS
Provision on-demand IT infrastructure for new projectsUse certified secure cloud-based images to immediately provision infrastructure ranging from a single server to a virtual data center Provide instant archival infrastructure for NARA IaaS
Rationalize existing IT infrastructureMore fully use existing infrastructure capability through virtualization and private cloud implementation Make use of extra capacity at an existing data center to support census peak load IaaS

VAZATA is one of the premier providers of Compliant Solutions for federal cloud computing.  As a certified and accredited solution provider under FISMA’s recommended security controls for federal information systems, VAZATA is able to quickly deploy solutions without imposing an otherwise time consuming procurement process. For more information on Federal Solutions please visit us today.

Federal Government and Benefits of the Cloud

  By VAZATA Admin | March 12, 2012 - 7:30 am | ,
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Federal Infrastructure As a Service Solutions

Contributed by Michael Ray, solutions architect for VAZATA. 

Federal Infrastructure As a Service Solutions

Federal Government Moving to the Cloud

With the widespread move by governments to implement cloud solutions, it begs the question of what the key motivator is for such unprecedented interest in a new technology. Studies report that 70 percent of government entities have either already implemented a cloud solution or are working on a strategy to do so.

The most obvious reason is a relative no-brainer – cost savings in a big way. Much lower capital investments are involved with cloud computing, so cloud solutions are extremely attractive in light of current economic conditions and the need to cut costs so drastically.

VAZATA’s vStructure™ infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform continues to help federal agencies fulfill their mission to migrate to an efficient and economical government cloud security platform. Our expertise in providing the backbone and enterprise-level tools for robust cloud infrastructure solutions gives government agencies the ability to fulfill their mission to access the best in managed hosting, flexible storage solutions and mission critical disaster recovery.

Cloud computing and cloud managed hosting is also responsible for another important economical aspect – new job creation. In a recent study performed by IDC, it’s predicted that cloud computing will generate nearly 14 million jobs globally by 2015. In addition, IT innovation empowered by the cloud could help drive business revenue by $1.1 trillion by the same year. This would inevitably lead to a rise in jobs across multiple fields.*

The bottom line is this: the cloud is here to stay, so it’s simply a matter of determining which components are best suited for your organization’s needs. The migration path from a traditional colocation model to a sophisticated, secure and scalable cloud solution is easier than you might think.