Latest cloud computing news from Fed News Radio

Federal News Radio spoke with multiple guests this week about cloud computing. Read the full stories and hear the interviews by clicking on the headline links below.

More diverse set of mobile

"Current models of endpoint security are becoming outmoded as a more diverse set of mobile and Internet-connected devices become a larger share of the market," according to Jack Gold, founder and principal analyst at J.Gold Associates, an information research analyst firm.

Komatsoulis says the agency is as well doing test deployments in the cloud. The agency has put its National Biomedical Image Archive in the Amazon EC2 cloud. He says the agency as well plans to test some of the high-performance computing capabilities in EC2.

The first offers NIST’s definition of cloud computing and the second offers guidelines on security and privacy in cloud computing.

Federal News Radio was busy covering news about cloud computing this week. We’ve gathered all of those stories here for easy access.

GovLoop, the social networking site for federal employees, and Microsoft are teaming up to offer a free, two-part training series for those interested in learning more about cloud computing.

Feds and industry experts alike will discuss the state of cloud computing and how agencies can implement cloud platforms.

He tells anchor Francis Rose, he’s going to work with a colleague on a cloud-computing initiative around grants filing.

The Commerce Department

The Commerce Department and the National Institute of Standards and Innovation are trying to figure out what the federal government’s role in cloud computing should be. The agencies are hosting a panel discussion Tuesday with industry leaders and experts from academia to discuss this as then as other national needs.

A media advisory from the Commerce Department says, "Achieving national priorities – which include a Smart Grid for electricity distribution, electronic health records, cybersecurity, cloud computing and interoperable emergency communications –depends upon the existence of sound technical standards. The standards being developed through public-private partnerships for these new innovation sectors are helping to drive research, economic growth and job creation."

Michael Healey, who writes the article, as well says having a good backup system can’t be underestimated. He says companies need to discuss, "What is the plan for the business if there’s an outage? When do you implement the failover plan? Who makes the call?"