ISLANDIA, N.Y., April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CA Technologies
(NASDAQ: CA) today announced that Adam
Famularo, general manager of the company's Cloud Computing
business, has been named a commissioner for TechAmerica
Foundation's new Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S.
Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2). The commission's three-month
mandate is to provide the Obama Administration with recommendations
for how government could better deploy cloud computing, and for
public policies that will help drive United States innovation in the cloud and spur
economic growth.
In his role as a CLOUD2 commissioner, Famularo will collaborate
with leaders across industry and academia to provide
recommendations to drive further U.S. advancement and innovation
with cloud computing to the Administration, including Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, Gary Locke, Commerce Secretary, and Pat Gallagher, Commerce Under Secretary for
Standards and Technology.
"The Federal Government is taking a leading role with its focus
on cloud computing, and the commission's charter to identify
additional areas of innovation and competitive advantage will help
foster even stronger economic growth," said Adam Famularo, general manager, Cloud Computing
business at CA Technologies. "I'm looking forward to the CLOUD2
effort and working with such an impressive roster of technology
industry leaders to contribute to our nation's future success."
"The Obama Administration has demonstrated a clear understanding
of the need to adopt cloud technologies across the government
enterprise," said Dallas Advisory Partners Founder, and TechAmerica
Foundation Chairman, David Sanders.
"CLOUD2 represents a broad range of companies, and is
well-positioned to provide diverse insight on issues critical to
the cloud. CA Technologies brings deep technology and cloud
industry expertise to the table and will surely help to uncover
important strategies in support of U.S. innovation."
A full list of commissioners can be viewed online at
http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud-commission-commissioners.
To learn more about CLOUD2, please visit
http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud-commission.
For more information about CA Technologies cloud computing
offerings, visit:
- On the Web: http://www.ca.com/cloud
- The CA Cloud Storm Chasers Blog:
http://community.ca.com/blogs/cloud
- @CA_Cloud on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CA_Cloud
- On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/CATechnologies
- Cloud Commons Community: http://www.cloudcommons.com
About TechAmerica Foundation
TechAmerica Foundation educates executives, policymakers,
opinion leaders, and the public on the size, scope, outlook, and
impact of the technology industry and on policies that enable and
promote technological innovations to advance prosperity, security,
and the general welfare. Launched in 1981, the Foundation is a
501c(3) non-profit affiliate of TechAmerica, the leading voice and
resource for the U.S. technology industry. The Foundation
disseminates award-winning industry, policy, and market research
covering topics such as U.S. competitiveness in a global economy,
innovation in government, government IT forecasts, technology
employment and international trade indicators, and other areas of
national interest. It also organizes conferences and seminars
to explore pertinent issues with government and industry
representatives and to share the Foundation's findings.
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About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and
solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from
mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies
manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to
deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative
products and services provide the insight and control essential for
IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the
Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT
ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at
www.ca.com.
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