Practical Implementations of Cloud Computing in the Federal Government Cameron Chaboudy – Apptis March 11, 2009

Agenda How the Federal Government can take advantage of cloud computing today A Prediction of what the federal cloud computing landscape may look like in 2 – 5 years

How the Federal Government can take advantage of cloud computing today

A Prediction of what the federal cloud computing landscape may look like in 2 – 5 years

Barriers to Leveraging Emergent Technologies Culture Risk adverse Innovation is not rewarded Old and inefficient work processes Legacy Policies Non industry trained technical staff Approved solutions resemble existing solutions which excludes performance breakthroughs No incentive to explore breakthrough solutions Federal Procurement process Lack of incentives for industry to provide out-of-the-box solutions because they are deemed to risky for the Federal Government IAC Returning Innovation to the Federal Government with Information Technology December 11, 2008

Culture

Risk adverse

Innovation is not rewarded

Old and inefficient work processes

Legacy Policies

Non industry trained technical staff

Approved solutions resemble existing solutions which excludes performance breakthroughs

No incentive to explore breakthrough solutions

Federal Procurement process

Lack of incentives for industry to provide out-of-the-box solutions because they are deemed to risky for the Federal Government

Even with the current barriers the Federal Government can and is taking advantage of cloud computing

Surge – aka CloudBursting Utilized when the IT infrastructure is not adequate to support an increase in demand or volumes Removes the need to acquire IT infrastructure that sits idle or is under utilized Examples: Annual or scheduled enrollment applications, Scheduled/Unscheduled in-take of information

Utilized when the IT infrastructure is not adequate to support an increase in demand or volumes

Removes the need to acquire IT infrastructure that sits idle or is under utilized

Examples: Annual or scheduled enrollment applications, Scheduled/Unscheduled in-take of information

Public Dissemination of Information Static information that is accessible by the public, visible today but housed within the IT boundaries of the enterprise Examples: FAQs, agency relevant information that is sought by public

Static information that is accessible by the public, visible today but housed within the IT boundaries of the enterprise

Examples: FAQs, agency relevant information that is sought by public

Development/Test Environment Development Environments Project Specific Limited time use Version control Non production data Test Environments Availability Stress and scale Integration Configuration Mgt

Development Environments

Project Specific

Limited time use

Version control

Non production data

Test Environments

Availability

Stress and scale

Integration

Configuration Mgt

Web Services Development of web services which utilize a standardized platform and have inherit elasticity Web Portlets Web Applets Example: Calculators, Questionnaires, Non PII Qualification assessments

Development of web services which utilize a standardized platform and have inherit elasticity

Web Portlets

Web Applets

Example: Calculators, Questionnaires, Non PII Qualification assessments

Planning for Disaster Recovery & Continuity of Ops Evaluating alternatives to building infrastructure to meet DR and COOP requirements Performing assessment of existing systems, application and architecture

Evaluating alternatives to building infrastructure to meet DR and COOP requirements

Performing assessment of existing systems, application and architecture

Encrypted Storage Storing encrypted data in a commercial cloud

Storing encrypted data in a commercial cloud

Review of How Cloud Computing Can Be Used Today Surge Public Information Test and Development Environments Web Services Planning Disaster Recover and Continuity of Ops Encrypted Data storage

Surge

Public Information

Test and Development Environments

Web Services

Planning Disaster Recover and Continuity of Ops

Encrypted Data storage

Looking Through the Crystal Ball Let’s take a look at what the federal cloud computing landscape may look like in 2 – 5 years

Let’s take a look at what the federal cloud computing landscape may look like in 2 – 5 years

Barriers to Leveraging Emergent Technologies The landscape has changed Policy is catching up Procurement process have been updated Focus on Innovation Shift to Risk Management There are still some barriers Migrating legacy applications Data Governance Data Classification

The landscape has changed

Policy is catching up

Procurement process have been updated

Focus on Innovation

Shift to Risk Management

There are still some barriers

Migrating legacy applications

Data Governance

Data Classification

The Triumph of Economics and Innovation

On-Line Collaboration Department specific Classification dependant Business or Mission commonality

Department specific

Classification dependant

Business or Mission commonality

Vertical Clouds Clouds designed to support commonality of BusinessMission requirements Military Healthcare Law Enforcement Intelligence gathering

Clouds designed to support commonality of BusinessMission requirements

Military

Healthcare

Law Enforcement

Intelligence gathering

Private Clouds Cloud like environments developed for specific Department or Agency use

Cloud like environments developed for specific Department or Agency use

Commercial Federal Clouds Commercial cloud providers have partitioned a section of the public cloud offering to be used only by the Federal Government

Commercial cloud providers have partitioned a section of the public cloud offering to be used only by the Federal Government

Disaster Recovery & Continuity of Ops Disaster Recovery solutions utilizing Cloud Computing Automated back-up of systems, applications or data into a Cloud Computing Storage Service Full utilization of Hybrid cloud model to support COOP

Disaster Recovery solutions utilizing Cloud Computing

Automated back-up of systems, applications or data into a Cloud Computing Storage Service

Full utilization of Hybrid cloud model to support COOP

Secure Storage 3 rd party Storage Clouds that have been Federally accredited to store specific levels of data

3 rd party Storage Clouds that have been Federally accredited to store specific levels of data

Review of Looking Through the Crystal Ball Online Collaboration Vertical Cloud Private Cloud Commercial Federal Clouds Disaster Recover and Continuity of Ops Secure Storage 06/08/09

Online Collaboration

Vertical Cloud

Private Cloud

Commercial Federal Clouds

Disaster Recover and Continuity of Ops

Secure Storage

Cameron Chaboudy Apptis Director, Advanced Emergent Services [email_address]