Google prepares the Government Cloud
Google has submitted final materials to get its cloud computing services certified for use by federal agencies, and is nearing release of its government-specific cloud, a top Google executive said Wednesday.
While Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard admitted in an interview after his keynote at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., that the process had taken longer than some may have anticipated — Google announced its government cloud computing plans last September — he said that conversations with potential customers are already underway.
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Among the government customers Google already has for Google Apps are the city of Los Angeles and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
However, Google remains locked in a battle for customers with other providers like Microsoft, as shown by the fact that the University of Arizona, a Google Apps customer, recently signed a deal to become a customer of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite.
In the federal sector, more than 100 federal agencies are already customers of Google’s other products, including Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Enterprise Search.
Those relationships provide Google, which has been steadily building its federal presence with offices in Washington, D.C., and Reston, Va. under the watch of former Microsoft federal executive Mike Bradshaw, with the contacts necessary to develop business in the federal sector once Google completes its federal certifications and launches its government cloud.
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