Amazon and Salesforce among tech giants gearing up for federal expansion.
While cloud computing giants Microsoft and Google have already been known to operate in the federal space, Amazon and Salesforce are gearing up to roll out massive plays as well, looking to compete against the more well established players.
Dan Burton, senior vice president of public policy with Salesforce.com, considers adoption of the cloud by the federal government almost a foregone conclusion, declaring at a recent government technology conference in Washington that “The cloud computing debate is over.” Citing all the vendors, integrators, and consultants who are in favor of the move, Burton goes on to say that “it is inevitable that the federal government, just like state and local governments, will shift to cloud platforms, cloud infrastructures, cloud applications, and that that train has left the station.”
Executives from several leading technology companies such as Google and Redhat are bullish about the prospects of federal adoption of the cloud given that the mandate to shift to the cloud originated from the White House’s tech team.