Cloud Defined

Private CloudAnalysts define Private Cloud as a style of computing in which scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered as a service to internal customers using Internet technologies. Organizations moving towards Private Cloud are defined by a number of technological and business characteristics.

Community CloudA Community Cloud is a multi-tenant cloud, but whose constituency is limited to a specific community. In this sense the cost is shared across a larger constituent base providing cost savings by sharing assets while a framework for information sharing and collaboration is created.

Public Sector as a Service ProviderWhat is the “it” that we need to deliver from IT

IT: is out-of-the-box thought- and execution- leadership in enabling Economic Development and Citizen Quality of Life via technology

IT: is a way for Cities, Counties, States and Communities to be globally competitive, attract quality workers and employers and raise their tax base

IT: is a way to generate revenue today

IT: is an opportunity to establish IT’s position as a savings center, not a cost center

IT: is NOT a vision without an an execution plan and financial model