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Scaling Financial Operations in Multi-Academy Trusts

CIO Business Intelligence

This brings unprecedented challenges, but also an enormous opportunity for positive education reform. External applications such as forecasting tools, accounts payable (AP) processing and approval management all allow for huge savings in time and offer improved technology solutions.

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Rob Davies, ViON SVP, Talks about Government Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

As you know, the US Federal marketplace has been a budget constricted environment for quite a few years but that environment is actually good for cloud computing because it has forced agencies into looking for better ways to do information technology. That means that all their processes and decisions are aligned with IT operational layers.

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Rob Davies, ViON SVP, Talks about Government Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

As you know, the US Federal marketplace has been a budget constricted environment for quite a few years but that environment is actually good for cloud computing because it has forced agencies into looking for better ways to do information technology. That means that all their processes and decisions are aligned with IT operational layers.

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Implementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies

Cloud Musings

Being a young industry, there are few tools, procedures or standard data formats or service interfaces in place to guarantee data, computer application and service portability. Despite the myriad benefits of cloud computing solutions, several challenges still exist. Specific to federal environments, data sovereignty is a challenge.

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December 2011: GovCloud Moves From Policy to Law

Cloud Musings

Pressure to reduce budget, pressure to manage I resources better and the political pressure of the next presidential election will combine to accelerate adoption. Ensure applicable contracts appropriately require CSPs to comply with FedRAMP. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. December 2011: GovCloud Moves From Policy to Law.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: The Economic Benefit of Cloud.

Cloud Musings

networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.” ” NIST is implying the economies of scale that go with cloud computing when it refers to a pool of configurable computing resources.

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4 Quick Fixes for the Procurement Dragon

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

A city, for example, might set up a roster for “web applications”. And when the city needs a “web application” for a specific purpose, e.g. to accept photos of graffiti from citizens, it could issue a simple, two-or-three page “invitation to bid” with its requirements and allow companies on the roster to bid.