NIST Releases Federal Cloud Guidelines - Government - Cloud/SaaS - Technology standards organization aims to be a comprehensive resource to help agencies comply with government's "cloud-first" mandate. (click image for larger view) Slideshow: Top 20 Government Cloud Service Providers The federal technology standards organization has released its most comprehensive guide to date for how agencies should implement cloud computing, a move that should clear up myths about the technology and pave the way for more standard cloud implementations among agencies.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has published an 84-page draft of its cloud computing guidelines, NIST Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations, or SP 800-146, and is seeking comment from federal agencies and the public on its recommendations. There are still many myths about cloud computing, even from technologists who are charged with implementing it. Last December U.S. Cloud Computing Synopsis andRecommendations. Feds Aim To Speed Cloud Adoption With New Roadmap - Government - Interagency collaboration produces strategy that outlines requirements and standards. Will it make it easier for agencies to buy into cloud? Slideshow: 14 Most Popular Government Mobile Apps (click image for larger view and for slideshow) The federal government Tuesday released a draft version of a roadmap that aims to accelerate federal agencies' adoption of cloud computing and support the tech industry's development of cloud services by defining and communicating standards and requirements, as well as action plans to meet those standards.
The three volume draft, put together--with input from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), the Office of Management and Budget, and the interagency Federal Cloud Computing Standards and Technology Working Group--over a series of public workshops and other collaborative sessions, defines the government's top priorities for standards and requirements for cloud services. The draft roadmap will be open for comment for 30 days. I. US Gvt Cloud ComputingTechnology RoadmapVolume I. II. US Gvt Cloud ComputingTechnology RoadmapVolume II. III. US Gvt Cloud ComputingTechnology Roadmap Volume III.