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Of course there are very good models on the street for data center consolidation, particularly on government levels. In the United States, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) lists data center consolidation as the second highest priority, immediately after getting better control over managing budget and operational cost.

Das Beispiel zeige, welche Möglichkeiten für eine Harmonisierung durch eine Verwaltungs-Cloud zu realisieren seien, führte der Staatssekretär aus. Alle öffentlichen Verwaltungen in der Bundesrepublik gäben pro Jahr rund 18 Milliarden Euro für die IT in ihren etwa 400 Rechenzentren aus. Realistisch seien Einsparungen von zwei bis drei Milliarden Euro. Allerdings räumte Westerfeld auf Nachfrage ein, dass "personenbezogene Daten sicher nicht als erste in die Cloud verlagert" würden.

Die Erfassung von steuerrelevanten Belegen wird in Zukunft zu den wichtigen Einsatzgebieten des Smartphones gehören: Der Elster-Nutzer und treue Leser von heise online ist natürlich ebenso treuer c't-Abonnement und fotografiert mit der derzeit unter Android und iOS verfügbaren Elster-App die Abo-Rechnung ab und kategorisiert das Foto unter der Rubrik berufliche Fortbildung, Fachliteratur. Alsdann drückt er den Button "Up in die ElsterBox", worauf das Foto mit dem Elster-Zertifikat verschlüsselt in der Cloud abgelegt wird.

Central to this will be the development and publication of policies for ‘Digital Economy’ leadership.

This is a crucial piece of the puzzle, because as the article Digital Nation 2011 from Backbone Magazine highlights, Canada is still missing this essential policy.

Die Bundesregierung will die Technik des Cloud Computing fortentwickeln und besonders kleinere Unternehmen bei der Anwendung dieser Dienste unterstützen. Bereits gestartet ist der Technologiewettbewerb Trusted Cloud, mit dem das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie Projekte fördern will, die technische, strukturelle, organisatorische und auch rechtliche Hindernisse bei der Anwendung des Cloud Computings beseitigen. Allein für diesen Wettbewerb stellt das Ministerium Forschungsmittel in Höhe von 30 Millionen Euro zur Verfügung. Details zu dem Gesamtprogramm sollen nächste Woche vorgestellt werden.

Google Cloud, in collaboration with digital native company Amagis Capital, held an event on the 17th of September 2021 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. This event, titled 'Cyber security & Cloud Services', was dedicated to CXO and technical functions dealing with Cloud and security topics.

Opening the event was Chiara Caroti, Google Cloud's Head of Corporate and Digital Native for Italy and Malta, and Nicolò Moschi, Malta Territory Lead at Google Cloud.

The Ministry of Information and Communications yesterday officially launched a campaign in Hanoi to boost the use of domestic cloud computing services for the digitalization process in Vietnam.

In his speech in the event, Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Manh Hung insisted that it is critical for Vietnam to create necessary infrastructure and master the platforms for the digitalization process in each field and industry.

Having a large population of around 100 million citizens, Vietnam is a lucrative market regarding cloud computing services. There is an increasing demand on such platforms as distance learning, distance health check, teleworking, video conference, e-paper, cyber security, and hence the need for cloud storage.

Craig Shank, associate general counsel of Microsoft Corporation, explained that many of today's e-government portals and backend systems are a digital implementation of their paper-based predecessors. While this leap into the digital age has resulted in a slightly more efficient mode of communicating with citizens, it is still not a "transformative" system, he added.

Egypt has launched its first government data and cloud computing center.

Inaugurated on April 28 by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the data hub will serve as a central repository for all ministry data.

The facility will enable undefined artificial intelligence technology to be deployed across governmental operations including data analysis applications to help with decision-making, and will act as a centralized national data and disaster recovery center

Many ICT executives handle technology evangelists by simply not entertaining them. Cloud services evangelists, on the other hand, are much harder to avoid because they employ more pervasive organizational disruptors, such as preassembled bundles of technology, processes, and people instead of tech-based point solutions.

But the EU government as a whole has been making a push for cloud migration, citing the opportunity for improvements in efficiency, and, according to the EU Observer, the streamlining of health services, making it easier for doctors to access patient records.

If data is the oil of the 21st century digital economy, then cloud computing is its engine. Europe needs to make sure that its digital motor is running properly to reap the benefits from future data driven innovation, big data and the Internet of Things, writes Elena Zvarici.

Elena Zvarici is an executive board member of EuroCloud Europe, the European umbrella organisation of more than 20 national EuroCloud associations throughout Europe.

In times of austerity, European regions are hesitant to invest in new e-government technologies such as cloud computing, even when they're being sold as a cost-cutting tool.

But Microsoft, like others in the online services industry, are keen to point out to studies that show the investment is worthwhile.

The global economic recession has made major suppliers of technology less interested about investing in developed countries. Funds for healthcare development in Europe are decreasing, and emerging economies in Asia-Pacific are seen as more attractive markets than European countries or the US.

'Cloud computing' refers to the storage of data (such as text files, pictures and videos) and software on remote computers, on which users access over the Internet from a device of their choice. This is faster, cheaper, more flexible and potentially more secure than on-site IT solutions. Many popular services, social media and web-based emails use cloud computing technologies. However, the real economic benefits come through widespread use of cloud solutions by businesses and the public sector.

Cloud computing could help propel Europe out of the economic strife it finds itself in, according to a speech by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda.

Speaking at the European Internet Foundation event on Cloud Computing she stressed that the cloud revolution has to happen with Europe, rather than to it. This means Europe has to take an active role in ensuring everyone gets the full potential the cloud offers, rather than just sitting back and waiting for it to develop around them.

Among the most commonly agreed upon benefits of cloud computing is that it can enable greater scale and utilisation of IT resources. This can be in the form of shared services by an individual organisation, or across many different organisations if in a public cloud, to drive great efficiencies and cost savings using pooled assets and standardisation. Cloud computing also helps enable faster adoption of IT and faster updates of the new functionality and capabilities available to a company.

The Internet, they say, has changed everything. By giving us access to a world of information and services, we’re no longer tied to office hours, to queues, and to telephone calls.

Meanwhile we’ve grown accustomed to the ease of use that comes with services like social media, expecting the same level of design and responsiveness from any other provider.

In May, the UK public sector was given a mandate meant to profoundly shape the way all information and communications technology (ICT) is sourced by government, the NHS, education and indeed all corners of the sector.

The problem: while the move was meant to deal with some of the widely-acknowledged challenges that public sector bodies are facing around IT procurement and value for money, IT buyers within those organisations also have to think through all of the implications.