The Big Switch: Government Infrastructure in the Cloud

According to Information Week, 65% of IT directors cite agility to meet mission needs as the primary driver for cloud computing.  Government agencies also benefit from the cost containment offered by acquiring infrastructure as a service, permitting deployment of savings to other, more mission-critical needs. 

As the rewiring of government continues, agencies break from the past by:

• Increasing computing efficiency through modernizing and virtualization;
• Enhancing scalability and fast provisioning;
• Learn the value of managing heterogeneous environments under one pane of glass;
• Energy savings since cloud apps use 90% less than on-premise; and
• Focusing IT on strategic aspects of its mission requirements.

This webinar will focus on the path and benefits of infrastructure as a service and look at the government standards agencies must address in moving to the cloud.

We’ll discuss:

• Tools government agencies are using to migrate to the cloud.
• Security standards needed to move forward in compliance with government standards.
• Why agencies are adopting an Open Source First approach to application development.
• How to avoid vendor dependency and significantly cut your total cost of ownership.
• Methods to lower the expense and complexity of agency cloud migration.