Cloud computing is still in its infancy and standards need to be developed around the emerging technology, several experts said today at the Strategies and Technologies for Cloud Computing Interoperability meeting sponsored by the Object Management Group.

However, they urge federal agencies to begin creating cloud computing systems, even if it is currently in its infancy.  There is a problem within federal agencies.  They are always ten steps behind the rest of the world.  I remember when I was contracting with the Dept. of State.  They were using the oldest version of IE, had ancient computer systems, and still had MS Access databases.  It was shocking to me because I would have thought that they would always be using the latest and greatest due to all these people trying to infiltrate their systems.  Nope, I was wrong.

It would be great if they start being more cutting edge when it comes to technology.  I hope they do start their own cloud computing systems, all of them have social networking apps, and have technology that is able to support this innovation.  Maybe some companies should jump at the chance after reading this article and start offering to assist federal agencies to start this effort.  Hey, I’d be down to helping them write these proposals, but all we can do is watch and see.

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