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Contact:
Stephanie Covert
OMG
+1-781-343 1616
pr@omg.org
Opening Remarks from Cloud in
the Public Sector Summit
Held at Cloud Standards Customer Council Meeting Now
Available
Needham, MA, USA – May 23, 2012 – At the recent Cloud
Standards Customer Council (CSCC) meeting, which
featured a Cloud in the Public Sector Summit, Dawn Leaf,
Senior Executive for Cloud Computing at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) presented
opening remarks on “US Government Technology Roadmap
Progress and Next Steps.” The audio and slide deck for
her presentation are now available on the CSCC website.
Visit
http://www.cloud-council.org/nist-keynote.
This CSCC meeting and Cloud in the Public Sector
Summit brought together international public sector
Cloud leaders to exchange information about current
projects, future plans, and prioritized requirements.
The emphasis was on the standardizations needed in
technology, best practices, organizations, and policies
for interoperability, portability, and trust of Clouds
across national and regional boundaries. A key topic was
Priority Action Plans for international security,
portability and interoperability standards as called for
in NIST's Cloud Technology Roadmap.
During her presentation, Ms. Leaf talked about the
need to accelerate the rate of US Federal government
adoption of cloud computing, and the security,
interoperability and portability considerations that
need to be taken into account to achieve this goal. She
describes the collaborative effort that went into the
Roadmap and the development of the Top 10 requirements
for successful cloud implementations. She also stresses
the great synergy between the needs of the US
Government, vendors and international organizations to
move forward with cloud. Ms. Leaf describes next steps,
the current timeline, the need to identify Priority
Action Plans, and the benefit of examining other
technology areas for applicability to cloud adoption.
To listen to the audio and download the slide deck
for this presentation, please visit
http://www.cloud-council.org/nist-keynote.
Membership in the CSCC is free for qualified end-user
organizations. The membership application is available
at
http://www.cloud-council.org/application. Vendors
may join as sponsors. For membership or sponsorship
questions, contact Ken Berk at
ken.berk@omg.org
or +1-781-444 0404.
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About the Cloud Standards Customer Council
The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) is an OMG®
end user advocacy group dedicated to accelerating
cloud’s successful adoption, and drilling down into the
standards, security and interoperability issues
surrounding the transition to the cloud. The Council is
not a standards organization, but will complement
existing cloud standards efforts and establish a core
set of client-driven requirements to ensure cloud users
will have the same freedom of choice, flexibility, and
openness they have with traditional IT environments. The
Cloud Standards Customer Council is open to all end-user
organizations. IBM, Kaavo, Rackspace and Software AG are
Founding Sponsors. For more information on CSCC, visit
http://www.cloud-council.org.
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