CIA invests in the AWS cloud despite security concerns
Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services. http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time -- Phares
On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services.
http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
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Waiting to see local initiative, skill, talent featured on www.ict.go.ke :) On Feb 16, 2015 10:40 PM, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time
-- Phares
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Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services.
http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
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It took amazon 8 years of AWS to get into government. We've been around for 1. Part of the problem is comfort. Government isn't comfortable with younger companies. Governments horizon is longer term than most businesses. On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Waiting to see local initiative, skill, talent featured on www.ict.go.ke :) On Feb 16, 2015 10:40 PM, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time
-- Phares
On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services.
http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
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Keep in mind that the CIA initiative vis-a-vis Amazon is a private cloud. The physical servers using AWS software are on CIA property. This is part of my talk where I say that 'everybody' needs to move to Infrastructure as a Service. The paradigm works even in hyper-sensitive environments like the CIA and the NSA (and banks). The NSA uses OpenStack in case anybody's interested - again, the hardware is physically under NSA control. -Adam -- Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> More Musings: varud.com About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Phares Kariuki via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
It took amazon 8 years of AWS to get into government. We've been around for 1. Part of the problem is comfort. Government isn't comfortable with younger companies. Governments horizon is longer term than most businesses.
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Waiting to see local initiative, skill, talent featured on www.ict.go.ke :) On Feb 16, 2015 10:40 PM, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time
-- Phares
On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services.
http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
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@adam Yes, very smart arrangement, getting the most advanced cloud providers in the USA (and in this case in the world) to service the CIA in house. @kaboro Larry Ellison was in his mid twenties when the CIA contracted him (a college drop out) and his associates to build what eventually became Oracle RDBMS. Their team/company was a startup then. Oracle was the name of the project, not the company. Competence does not ignore aptitude in favor of of backward laws, regulations and fraud. Keep in mind that the CIA initiative vis-a-vis Amazon is a private cloud. The physical servers using AWS software are on CIA property. This is part of my talk where I say that 'everybody' needs to move to Infrastructure as a Service. The paradigm works even in hyper-sensitive environments like the CIA and the NSA (and banks). The NSA uses OpenStack in case anybody's interested - again, the hardware is physically under NSA control. -Adam -- Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud> More Musings: varud.com About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Phares Kariuki via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
It took amazon 8 years of AWS to get into government. We've been around for 1. Part of the problem is comfort. Government isn't comfortable with younger companies. Governments horizon is longer term than most businesses.
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Waiting to see local initiative, skill, talent featured on www.ict.go.ke :) On Feb 16, 2015 10:40 PM, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time
-- Phares
On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services.
http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
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Well put Phares. Which brings us to the capacity building part on the government side. Much had been done but a lot needs to be done yet. Ali Hussein +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad
On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Phares Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
It took amazon 8 years of AWS to get into government. We've been around for 1. Part of the problem is comfort. Government isn't comfortable with younger companies. Governments horizon is longer term than most businesses.
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote: Waiting to see local initiative, skill, talent featured on www.ict.go.ke :)
On Feb 16, 2015 10:40 PM, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote: We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time
-- Phares
On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their governments rely on for data storage & security services.
http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite...
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