[kictanet] CIA invests in the AWS cloud despite security concerns

[Ali Hussein]

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.

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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Phares Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet at 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 at 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 at 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 
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>>> Phares 
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>>>> On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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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-security-concerns
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