[san-tech][03188] US NOAAも Google Apps採用へ

Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:37:12 +0900
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US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration、国立海洋大気圏局)
も Google Appsに移行するそうです：

"NOAA announces agency-wide move to cloud-based unified messaging
 technology"
 June 9, 2011
  http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110609_cloudtechnology.html


  "NOAA announced today an $11.5 million, three-year award to Earth
   Resources Technologies, Inc. for cloud-based unified messaging
   services.  The agency-wide transition will modernize e-mail and
   calendar infrastructure, integrate collaborative tools and
   facilitate synchronization with mobile devices to better support
   NOAA's mission and its nationwide workforce."
.....
  "Earth Resources Technologies, Inc., based in Laurel, Md., will
   deliver the "Google Apps for Government" in partnership with
   Google, Unisys and Tempus Nova.  The new service will be
   operational by the end of the year."

Joseph Klimavicz,
Chief Information Officer & Director, High Performance Computing and
Communications, NOAA
  http://www.cio.noaa.gov/CIO_Org/cio_bio.html


Googleからのプレスリリース：
"NOAA becomes the largest federal agency to Go Google"
 June 9, 2011, Official Google Enterprise Blog
  http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/06/noaa-becomes-largest-federal-agency-to.html

  "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has
   selected Google Apps as the agency-wide e-mail and collaboration
   platform for its 25,000 employees, contractors and associates
   working across the country and around the world. NOAA CIO
   Joseph Klimavicz made this announcement at "Innovation for the Nation"
   today in Washington, DC."
.....
  "When the need for a modern email system arose, NOAA issued an RFP
   in January, in keeping with the Obama Administration's "Cloud First"
   policy, to find cloud-based email and collaboration solutions that
   would best serve the agency’s needs, including meeting its stringent
   security requirements."

※"Cloud First" のリンク先は下記で紹介したレポートです：
[san-tech][03187] US "Federal Cloud Computing Strategy" 公開、2011/02/13, 14(?)


解説記事等：
"From Ocean to Cloud: NOAA Goes Google Apps"
 June 09, 2011
  http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/230500174
"NOAA To Use Google Cloud for Email"
 Jun. 9 2011
  http://blogs.forbes.com/kevinjackson/2011/06/09/noaa-to-use-google-cloud-for-email/


一方では、ちょうどこんな記事が：
"Can Google App Engine compete in the enterprise?"
 Jun. 18, 2011
  http://gigaom.com/cloud/can-google-app-engine-compete-in-the-enterprise/
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[san-tech][02715] Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) は Google Appsを採用してました