"...Agencies, meanwhile, have also expressed skepticism about the ability of current cloud suppliers to meet service level agreements (SLAs), said Jorge Fuster, Principal for VirtualFedTeam, a federal IT staffing organization.
As virtualization technology rapidly commoditizes, Fuster asserts that federal agencies must examine the tools available for managing, monitoring and optimizing the allocation of virtual resources. “Organizations must take a closer look at tools that can help in gathering statistics and applying dynamic policies to better allocate physical resources among all of the consumers of those resources,”
he said....."
"...The ongoing economic crisis, for example, will also likely test the ability of many agencies to adapt to the priorities of the new presidential administration, as well as constituent demands for more and better services. Success will likely hinge on how well each agency can bridge the gap between desktop computing, web-based collaboration and enterprise-level applications, according to federal tech industry veteran, Jorge Fuster, founder and principal of VirtualFedTeam, a new federal IT staffing resources organization..."
"...Industry experts agree there is a need for greater understanding of the configuration management challenges as the use of virtualization expands throughout government agencies. According to Jorge Fuster, Principal for VirtualFedTeam, a federal IT staffing organization, “when ten or 100 virtual devices are placed on each physical server, this can put strain on an existing configuration management infrastructure.”
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