It's all cloud, all the time in federal IT these days, especially since the Office of Management and Budget ordered agencies to take a cloud-first approach to IT projects. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner for the Office of Integrated Technology Services in the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service, provides a reality check on cloud mania today, with a blog post aimed at busting four myths about cloud computing in the federal sector.
Those myths, according to Davie, are:
- Cloud can be anything.
- Public clouds are not secure, and agencies can't control security requirements.
- Agencies will lose control of their data.
- Moving to the cloud is difficult.
Tom Shoop
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
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