More Cloud Computing in Government Than You Might Think

A month or so ago Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, released a report called "State of Public Sector Cloud Computing." I haven't had a chance to post about it until now, but believe it is worthwhile reading for anyone trying to figure out the state of cloud computing adoption -- which is more difficult than might be imagined.

I returned a few days ago from Russia. On the second day of the conference I conducted a press conference with a group of around 15 tech journalists. Many astute questions on the potential for cloud computing in Russia, with some particular emphasis on the driving economic forces that will motivate companies to embrace cloud computing.

Today I gave my seminar and keynote address at the Data Center conference here in Moscow. Interest in cloud computing is high in Russia, although actual adoption is quite low (.03%, according to stats presented by a speaker from LAN Magazine).

The invitation to speak was originally extended by Pavel Ivanov, a writer for CIO. Here is a picture of Pavel (he's on the left; his colleague who organized the majority of the conference is on the right:

I've just arrive in Russia today. Above is the sign you see when you're ready to go through passport control. I like the "The Foreign States" phrase.

One thing that many people lose sight of when discussing cloud security is this fundamental fact: cloud computing security is a shared responsibility. The concept is illustrated in this diagram:

As can be seen, in the realm of security, infrastructure and application share responsibility for overall security of the application. That is to say, application security is a combination of these things:

I came across the IDC "2010 Digital Universe Study," which was released earlier this week. Its major theme: get ready for the data deluge.

I just signed up for OpsCamp on May 15 in San Francisco (learn more here). I'm looking forward to attending because I believe that applications -- and particularly applications operations -- will be the compute bottleneck in the world of cloud computing.

Cloud Computing: Stealth IT?

With apologies to John Lennon, who said “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

Forbes Insight forwarded a very interesting report to me, based on a large survey it conducted (sponsored by EMC, I think) regarding enterprise cloud computing plans. The Number One key finding:

I had the pleasure of keynoting a cloud computing conference in Peru last week. Not in person, you understand -- by the magic of Webex, I sat in my office and spoke to the attendees at the conference location. This is me in my best "Big Brother" mode: