Virtual worlds applied to education an outreach demand a scalable computing infrastructure that many government IT shops cannot handle using traditional methods. Looking to the future, as computing becomes a commodity how can government survive in this new market?

5. becomes this?

6. (government does this for its energy needs all the time)

9. realXtend
Server
Asset
Login realXtend
Server Server Database
Virtual World Client
realXtend
Slave
Server
Database
Cloud Scalability
actual infrastructure
dependent on best value
Cloud Backup
at that moment

10. • Authorized by the US
Treasury Department
• Small micropayments for
virtual infrastructure
• Scalable architecture
dependent on need
• Could be used in a
hybrid model with a
private cloud
infrastructure
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