About ten years ago, the Cloud Commission established by TechAmerica in collaboration with the White House issued its main report. The Commission was co-chaired by Marc Benioff of Salesforce and Michael Capellas of VCE.
Some of the recommendations in the “Cloud First, Cloud Fast” report included:
• Government and industry should support and participate in the development and implementation of international, standardized frameworks for securing, assessing, certifying and accrediting cloud solutions.
• Government should enact a national data breach law to clarify breach notification responsibilities and commitments of companies to their customers, and also update and strengthen criminal laws against those who attack computer systems and networks, including cloud computing services.
• Agencies should demonstrate flexibility in adapting procurement models to acquire cloud services and solutions. Congress and OMB should demonstrate flexibility in changing budget models to help agencies acquire cloud services and solutions.
• Government should establish policies and processes for providing fiscal incentives, rewards and support for agencies as they take steps towards implementing cloud deployments.
• Government and industry should embrace the modernization of broadband infrastructure and the current move to IPv6 to improve the bandwidth and reliable connectivity necessary for the growth of cloud services.
What did the Cloud Commission get correct? What parts of it were prescient, and where did it miss the mark?
Join CalCloud on December 9th for a very special virtual town hall with CTC Fellow and former TechAmerica CEO Phil Bond for a retrospective on how the work of the Cloud Commission generated both necessary change and sorely needed investment.