{"id":13057,"date":"2014-12-22T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T20:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2014\/12\/22\/raining-innovation-from-the-cloud\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:37:56","slug":"raining-innovation-from-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/opinions\/2014\/12\/22\/raining-innovation-from-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Raining innovation from the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" alternate=\"Dr. Jane L. Snowdon is Director and Chief Innovation\" assetid=\"20772999\" assettype=\"image\" class=\"imgAsset middle\" credit=\"Courtesy\" cutline=\"Dr. Jane L. Snowdon is Director and Chief Innovation Officer, IBM U. S. Federal Government, in Washington DC. She is responsible for developing and driving innovation strategy and defining offerings that combine client mission requirements with IBM products, services, and IBM Research's technology investments.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/c8d0da1902572f66ef9a261b438c490f3cbd7735\/r=320x400\/local\/-\/media\/2014\/12\/22\/FederalTimes\/FederalTimes\/635548587106480337-JaneSnowdon.jpg\" title=\"635548587106480337-JaneSnowdon [ID=20772999]\" width=\"245px\"\/><\/i><br\/><br\/><i>Editor&#8217;s Note: This post was originally published on Oct. 8, 2014.<\/i><br\/><br\/><i>Dr. Jane L. Snowdon is Director and Chief Innovation Officer, IBM U. S. Federal Government, in Washington DC.<br\/><\/i><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Albert Einstein once said, &#8220;You can&#8217;t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.&#8221;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That next level today, especially for the federal government, is cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s all about cloud.&#8221; I&#8217;ve heard it countless times in meetings, presentations, email pitches and articles. Aside from the trend, cloud in the federal government is fueled by three essential truths:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Agencies are seeking a &#8220;Cloud First&#8221; approach in their new technology investments<\/li><li>Agencies need to do more with existing or fewer resources<\/li><li>Government leaders have a desire to fulfill citizens&#8217; needs that demand more social and mobile channels to engage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the dialogue right now seems be focused on the infrastructure, data center consolidation and decisions about what to move to the cloud. Those are important issues and require the attention of CIOs and the IT community. But as the federal government shifts to the cloud, we must not lose sight of how this new infrastructure can be a tool for innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, discussion of how the cloud can spur innovation seems to be missing from the narrative. We need to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hidden gem in cloud computing is the ability to provide developers, tech entrepreneurs and avid technologists with easy access to resources that would normally require huge investments in software and servers. Using a pay-as-you-go model, developers can now access a broad portfolio of middleware and services, and build sophisticated apps that can transform industries and, in the case of the public sector, transform citizen engagement. Relying on a DevOps model, cloud environments can be provisioned in a matter of seconds. Developers can begin hosting applications or developing, deploying, and scaling new innovative applications and services in hours rather than months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This approach allows for the speedy and agile development of new born-on-the-cloud applications for an increasingly mobile, socially-connected and data intensive world. It is proving to be a valuable tool for the public sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) worked with IBM Business Partner Synchrony Systems to build and pilot a mobile app to track real-time train data via mobile updates. 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