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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tech / Teh Internets The Government Looks Cloudy

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM

Mashable says that the United States government is about to get into cloud computing in a big way. They've just launched Apps.gov:

Apps.gov makes cloud-based IT services (which includes Google Apps) available for purchase to all federal agencies and is an all-in-one store front designed to make the purchase and adoption of cloud computing services common place.

The Apps.gov mall is a pretty impressive marketplace for federal cloud computing services. The modern IT store includes business applications, cloud IT services, productivity apps, and even social media apps for the extra trendy federal agencies.

There is even a little cartoon on the Apps.gov home page showing why cloud computing is a good idea. I hope the government launches a huge password protection initiative simultaneously with this cloud computing initiative. But on the entertainment side, I can't wait to see what the Teabagger response to increased government cloud computing will be; I have created an artist's conception to the right.

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That gentleman looks entirely too intelligent to be a teabagger.

Posted by jw36 on September 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM

cloud computing is a dumb phrase and a dubious concept

Posted by Reader1 on September 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM

What could possible (*cough security cough*) go wrong?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on September 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM

@2, 3: Yes, I'm sure you know much more about cloud computing than Google, Microsoft, and the thousands of companies that are moving to it.

Posted by bigyaz on September 15, 2009 at 4:21 PM

@4, history is replete with companies making big bets on dumb things, CDOs and the like recently, or the many billions of dollars' worth of fiber optic cable that now sits dark

Posted by Reader1 on September 15, 2009 at 5:30 PM

At least that old fuck will be dead soon and somebody more deserving can receive his medi-care.

Posted by steakhaus on September 15, 2009 at 9:10 PM