Cloud computing better protects data, Verizon says

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101027_1170.php?oref=topstory


The cloud is also storage facility for data.
So now government sensitive information is going to be held by a private server.
This has to be the completion point of the private corporate takeover of the armed services.
MERS couldn't track a loan, and now we're going to allow cloud computing?
Yeah that just really makes alot of sense.



As more federal workers rely on tablet computers and other mobile devices for tasks ranging from transmitting patient records on the battlefield to photographing safety violations at meatpacking plants, the number of data breaches might drop -- if users type in the cloud, Verizon officials said Wednesday.

"As the tablets become more integrated into the network -- the data, the sensitive data is not there to get," said Bernard McMonagle, associate director for Verizon Wireless, referring in an interview to the fact that video, images and files are not stored on a hard drive or memory card.

The cloud is a catchall phrase for off-site data servers, storage facilities and applications that workers access through an Internet connection on a subscription basis rather than using their own physical hardware or software


Many cloud services providers, including Verizon, offer private network connections that also prevent intruders from accessing the data through the Web, Verizon officials told reporters. "We can take that content and put it into our private [network address] so that it stays away from the Internet," said Ken Biery, Verizon's cloud security strategist.

11 vendors to offer cloud computing services under GSA contract

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20101020/IT04/10200301/1001

Another creative government cost prospect for Corporate America.
Paid for by none other than you, under the guise that it can save billions.
Isn't that what they say every time and the opposite is always true?


Agencies will soon have access to data storage, computing power, web hosting and other cloud computing services under a new General Services Administration contract.

GSA announced yesterday that it awarded 11 vendors positions on the contract, which will provide cloud-based infrastructure as a service. The services will be offered through Apps.gov — an online portal where agencies can access computing services on demand.

The new offerings are expected to offset the tens of billions of dollars the government spends on information technology products and services each year, and agencies can use or discontinue the products as needed.

"These new cloud infrastructure offerings can be a way for agencies to realize cost savings, efficiencies and modernization without having to expend capital resources expanding their existing infrastructure," a GSA news release says.

GSA awarded contracts to: