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The reason I only raised the issue at the last minute--genuinely too late--is because: a) I wasn't in the Legislature last year having been elected in 2008; b) I didn't see the full, actual business plan until relatively recently and was shocked at the lack of analysis; c) I'm not on the Capital Budget committee and didn't go thru the deal in detail until prompted by other forces.

Also, one notation: the 50% use of the cloud is NOT completely an 'outsource' deal versus insource. Those projections come from Public IT folks.

Here's a quote about the cloud that I think is really valuable:

David Cearley, vice president and fellow for Gartner, set the stage by defining cloud computing as "a style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided as a service to external customers using Internet technologies." He added other attributes to the cloud phenomenon, calling it a service that is shared and metered by use.

Full article: http://www.govtech.com/pcio/articles/702401

Again, I'm not claiming that the cloud is some magic answer, only that since we're buying a commodity we shouldn't continue to pay value-based prices.

I posted a blog update now that the data center is still moving forward:
http://reuvencarlyle36.com/2009/07/26/ok-the-300-million-data-center-gets-built-anyway-but-heres-my-new-challenge/

Those of us in the technology arena owe it to the those in the public arena to be ruthlessly objective about costs, value proposition, business models and technology trends. I was most offended by the state's business plan that simply did not provide the depth of objective analysis about the options to a state owned and operated data center in Olympia.

Reuven Carlyle
State Representative
36th Legislative District
www.reuvencarlyle36.com