Even today, the word “manufacturing” may conjure up images of large, heavy, cumbersome machinery. It’s true that some of this is still in use in certain industries. Overall, however, manufacturing is converging with IT. The use of the cloud for manufacturing is a case in point and offers many benefits.

Even today, the word “manufacturing” may conjure up images of large, heavy, cumbersome machinery. It’s true that some of this is still in use in certain industries. Overall, however, manufacturing is converging with IT. The use of the cloud for manufacturing is a case in point and offers many benefits.

In the early years of the cloud, the idea of cloud for government would have been considered a total contradiction in terms. The cloud was convenient but it didn’t have the level of security necessary for use by any government.

The use of cloud for retail is opening up exciting opportunities for retailers of all sizes. This means it ultimately benefits everyone connected with retail from producers to suppliers and customers.

Initially, the idea of using the cloud for healthcare was considered a non-starter. There were simply too many concerns around security and privacy. At the time, these were perfectly valid. Time, however, moves on.

Learn about the basics and how public cloud vs private cloud compare.

If you are carrying out any sort of work for the federal government, there is a strong chance you need to keep the data in a FISMA data center. This means that you either need a private/collocated FISMA data center or to use a public cloud service with a FISMA data center.

The CMMC cloud certification is essentially an extension of the FedRAMP certification. It applies specifically to infrastructure used in work undertaken on behalf of the Department of Defense.

FedRAMP stands for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. It is based on NIST SP 800-53 but expands this program to address the specificities of cloud computing.