Kris to lead govt’s cloud computing committee

BANGALORE, INDIA: Infosys’ Executive Co-Chairman S Gopalakrishnan (Kris) will lead a new committee set-up to recommend framework for cloud computing services, reports PTI.

The committee has been set up following instructions from IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.

Cloud computing is one of the thrust areas of the proposed National IT Policy that envisages to increase revenues of IT and ITeS industry from $100 billion at present to $300 billion by 2020. This policy likely to to be placed before Cabinet within a week for its approval, sources said.

The members of the committee include representatives from Department of Information Technology, National Informatics Centres, Nasscom, industry chambers CII, FICCI and others, adds the report.