Here is the new IBM Federal Cloud Innovation Center in Washington, D.C: stakes and opportunities.

The stakes and opportunities here turn around work with the government to explore further the adoption of open standards for cloud computing across the federal government.

Therefore, this center aims to bring IBM’s cloud computing research efforts closer to federal agencies to develop specialized technologies and methods for

building mission-ready clouds.

This means, the IBM center will draw on the cloud computing expertise of more than 500 IBM professionals aligned to the center and IBM’s global network of more than 37,000 cloud industry experts. These experts include IBM researchers, IT infrastructure architects, software developers and consultants with deep industry knowledge in managing major transformation projects across the federal government as well as implementing cloud solutions. 

The IBM Federal Cloud Innovation Center will also provide access to skilled experts in Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, and Business Process as a Service. Consultants with agency-specific expertise will also be on staff to help each federal agency quickly and effectively take advantage of the cloud. 

The center will be led by IBM’s Chief Innovation Officer for US Federal, Dr. Jane Snowdon, a former IBM Research executive.