{"id":3129,"date":"2012-08-14T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/2330880"},"modified":"2012-08-14T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:08:00","slug":"govcloud-cloud-computing-for-the-business-of-government-update-and-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/govcloud-cloud-computing-for-the-business-of-government-update-and-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"GovCloud: Cloud Computing for the Business of Government \u201cUpdate and Outlook\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPress Briefing II at the National Press Club,
\nWashington, D.C.<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n18 September 2012, 8:30 -11:00 AM<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nGovCloud: Cloud Computing for the Business of
\nGovernment \u201cUpdate and Outlook\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nOpen to Government, Contractors & the Press<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nThe United States Government is the world\u2019s largest consumer of
\ninformation technology, spending over $76 billion annually on more than 10,000
\ndifferent systems. Fragmentation of systems, poor project execution, and the
\ndrag of legacy technology in the Federal Government have presented barriers to
\nachieving the productivity and performance gains found when technology is
\ndeployed effectively in the private sectors. <\/p>\n

All that is changing as the Administration obliges federal departments to
\nlook to Cloud computing to cut costs and solve many of the problems that have
\nplagued IT deployment for decades. The problem, however, is how do federal IT
\nmanagers and those controlling the budgets go about deciding what is best for
\nthem.<\/span><\/div>\n

\nLeading experts from
\nGovernment and Industry will update the press and attendees on \u2026<\/span><\/div>\n