Every kind of operation needs enterprise software &8212' even ones that send people to the moon.
But it looks like NASA has its own share of problems dealing with the organization&'s software needs. So much so that its chief information officer, Linda Cureton, has appealed to good old Saint Nick to come in and help out.
Here&'s a list of Cureton&'s requests for the jolly guy in red up at the North Pole:
There are at least a dozen options out there for cloud-based storage that ships data off to remote servers. NASA is running its own open-source cloud computing project called Nebula, which will be launching in the near future. But it seems those benefits might not be available to the agency quite yet.
Instead of the North Pole, why isn&'t Cureton looking to Silicon Valley‚ This could very well be the time for a private company &8212' maybe even a startup to step in and handle NASA&'s enterprise needs. The private sector is seeing growth, with new tools ranging from cloud-based storage to collaboration and social networking sites emerging and building some serious momentum.
Let&'s just hope NASA&'s enterprise woes aren&'t‚ indicative‚ of what the rest of the U.S. government is dealing with. Or, if they are, that some company will be smart enough to ride in on a sleigh and fix those problems. After all, the cloud is the magic this makes that stuff work a4‚¬a4¯ even Google CEO Eric Schmidt agrees.
[Photo: Bernt Rostad]
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Matthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.
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