The U.S. government’s pursuit of cloud-based technology has been characterized by a blizzard of policies, directives, technical studies, proposed contract vehicles and conferences. The federal “cloud first” initiative, requiring agencies to give priority consideration to cloud solutions for IT operations, began in December 2012. Now, an idea of how much business is at stake for IT vendors has surfaced — and it’s impressive. However, IT vendors should not conclude that two recent hefty contracts mean federal floodgates have opened and a wave of eye-popping contracts will be awarded soon.
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Federal Cloud Adoption, Part 2: Raining Contracts
Posted by: John K. Higgins May 16, 2012 05:00 AMThe U.S. government’s pursuit of cloud-based technology has been characterized by a blizzard of policies, directives, technical studies, proposed contract vehicles and conferences. The federal “cloud first” initiative, requiring agencies to give priority consideration to cloud solutions for IT operations, began in December 2012. Now, an idea of how much business is at stake for IT vendors has surfaced — and it’s impressive. However, IT vendors should not conclude that two recent hefty contracts mean federal floodgates have opened and a wave of eye-popping contracts will be awarded soon.