Students hanging out in the lounge balance portable computing devices on their laps, and one student climbing stairs is intently focusing on a laptop balanced in her palm.
This move clearly indicates that the risk-reward balance for leveraging cloud computing for public websites for DHS is favorable when using the GSA IaaS BPA. Providers under this contract are required to comply with the yet to be finalized, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).
These affordable thin and light laptops strike a balance between portability and performance for consumers who want more computing power than a netbook and longer battery life than a traditional laptop, without the premium price of an Ultrabook.