The PLAN

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Originally Posted by striperman36

Exactly, fortunately there'll always be a demand for IT people, even if they pay significantly less for more hours.

Your biggest fear should be the Cloud.

With defense spending certainly to decline, program rationalization will be a very hot topic on the floor of Congress. IT will be in the cross hairs as contractors try to shift their spend towards retaining specialized talent critical to rapid project completion.

Be thankful for that little bit of US Government regulatory oppression called ITAR. It's perhaps your trump card to not get outsourced!

-spence

[striperman36]

no DoD 8510 is the trump card.

Been doing cloud since 2006 or even early when it was called ASP's in 96. Also doing large private clouds with rapid provisioning, still very complicated to set up, have 2 large engagements underway, one DoD the other Agency.

It's more complicated than you think it is, it's not all pre-built. You gotta get to it (the cloud) and requires (or should) more security than private cloud.
Also you have to transition stuff (apps, data, users, management)

Nice buzz word but totally bogus when it comes to some of the implied benefits unless done right.

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Originally Posted by striperman36

no DoD 8510 is the trump card.

Same issue, certification will be a bitch. I think ITAR has a lot more visibility in millions of dollars of fines.

Been doing cloud since 2006 or even early when it was called ASP's in 96. Also doing large private clouds with rapid provisioning, still very complicated to set up, have 2 large engagements underway, one DoD the other Agency.

It's more complicated than you think it is, it's not all pre-built. You gotta get to it (the cloud) and requires (or should) more security than private cloud.
Also you have to transition stuff (apps, data, users, management)

Nice buzz word but totally bogus when it comes to some of the implied benefits unless done right.

Improved network latency and stability is allowing better private cloud performance, but the commercialization of public Cloud apps and increasingly open applications is the game changer we're just getting into. For the heavier applications, yes, it's still a lot of hype, but already CIO's are starting to drink the Kool Aid.

Next time you're over for beers we should draft a few talking points I can use to help with these conversations. I've got the high-level pitch but you can give me some specifics.

-spence

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by spence

Same issue, certification will be a bitch. I think ITAR has a lot more visibility in millions of dollars of fines.


Improved network latency and stability is allowing better private cloud performance, but the commercialization of public Cloud apps and increasingly open applications is the game changer we're just getting into. For the heavier applications, yes, it's still a lot of hype, but already CIO's are starting to drink the Kool Aid.

Next time you're over for beers we should draft a few talking points I can use to help with these conversations. I've got the high-level pitch but you can give me some specifics.

-spence

This is sooo over, it's a myth

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Originally Posted by striperman36

This is sooo over, it's a myth

What's a myth?

-spence

[striperman36]

90 pct of the cloud

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That O'bama has a plan

Originally Posted by spence

What's a myth?

-spence

[striperman36]

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That O'bama has a plan

That anyone in DC has a friggin care about the populous of the United States of America. They should all go spend six years with Sal at club Fed