GovCloud Cloud Computing Discussion and Book Launch

The United States Government is the world’s largest consumer of information technology, spending over $76 billion annually on more than 10,000 different systems. Fragmentation of systems, poor project execution, and the drag of legacy technology in the Federal Government have presented barriers to achieving the productivity and performance gains found when technology is deployed effectively in the private sectors.

All that is about to change as the Obama Administration obliges federal departments to look to Cloud computing to cut costs and solve many of the problems that have plagued IT deployment for decades. The problem, however, is how do federal IT managers and those controlling the budgets go about deciding what is best for them.

Leading experts from Government and Industry will update the press and attendees on …

• Status of government Cloud initiatives
• Future Plans and Outlook
• Challenges and Opportunities

Agenda

Opening Presentation – Bob Gourley, Founder/Author CTO Vision and Former DIA CTO
Key Note Presentation - Dawn Leaf, NIST Senior Executive for Cloud Computing
Panel Discussion - Q&A: Panel Chair – Kevin Jackson, Director, Cloud Services at NJVC

• Jerry Smith, Office of DoD Executive Agent for IT Standards
• Brand Niemann, Director, Semantic Community and former Senior Enterprise Architect and Data Scientist, U.S. EPA
• Bob Gourley, Founder/Author CTO Vision and Former DIA CTO

Closing Comments: Kevin Jackson, Director, Cloud Services at NJVC