The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) www.nist.gov has just published the final version of the Cloud Computing Roadmap titled “U.S Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap: Volumes I & II.”
The Roadmap focuses on strategic and tactical objectives supporting the federal government’s accelerated adoption of cloud computing. The final document received input from more than 200 comments from all over the world.
Volume I “High Priority Requirements to Further USG Agency Cloud Computing Adoption” focuses on security, interoperability, portability, performance, and accessibility. Volume I also features “Priority Action Plans” with target completion dates.
Research teams from government, industry, and academia are working on these plans and are reporting their findings via publications and presentations at meetings such as the Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop series.
The second volume “Useful Information for Cloud Adopters” identifies existing interoperability, portability, and security standards that apply to the cloud model. The document also specifies high priority gaps that need new or revised standards, guidance, technology and contains U.S government cloud target business and technical use cases.
To view the Volumes, go to www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=915112