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  There are many reasons for government agencies to move from traditional IT infrastructure to Cloud Computing platforms. One of the most cited benefit is the economic model  of  Cloud Computing. Four distinct mechanisms can generate cost savings for govenment agency and organization: Lowering the opportunity cost of running technology The aibility to shift from capital expenditure to operating expenditure Lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) of technology Giving organizations the ability to add business value by renewed focus on core activities Cost saving is the hot topic for most government since the global economic situation around the world. Historically, there were two discssions that focused on cloud computing cost saving.       The first was focused on server virtualization and application consolidation on under-utilized resources. Reducing spend on rackspace,network,infrastructure,pooling, powera and datacenter can ...

What caracterizes the Australia cloud computing strategy when I was studying it; is the risk-based approche followed by the government to define the cloud strategic direction paper. Many governments are interested to know the potential risks and issues of cloud computing. Government agencies were designed to operate in a secure environment,so they need to fully understand the risks associated with cloud computing both from end-user and agency prespective. Cloud computing is a new ICT sourcing and delivery model not a new technology, many of the risks and issues associated with cloud are also not new. Depending upon the cloud model adopted, bellow some issue that shoud be understand and mitigate: Issue Explanation Application design ·          There may be less opportunity for customization of applications and services. This may increase complexity when integrating cloud services with existing le...