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The General Services Administration is turning a page on its plans to offer cloud infrastructure services to government agencies. Although it released a request for quotations nearly a year ago, GSA Read more...

Microsoft took aim at the federal market this week, announcing a suite of hosted cloud services dedicated to federal government users. "It's a separate, dedicated infrastructure in secure Read more...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Microsoft have joined together in a partnership to allow some government-funded scientists to make use of the technology giant's cloud computing platform. Read more...

Cloud computing is all the rage, but security remains an issue of utmost importance and concern. Microsoft is now getting into the act, urging Congress to enact legislation that will protect Read more...

Census Bureau CIO Brian McGrath told InformationWeek that in an effort to save money and increase capacity, the bureau intends to start making greater use of cloud computing. McGrath said most of the Read more...

As cloud computing services explode in popularity, the Federal Trade Commission is taking a tough look at potential threats to consumer privacy and data security it could pose. The agency is planning Read more...

The Federal Trade Commission is examining the privacy and data security implications of cloud computing services for consumers. InformationWeek reports that this decision stemmed from the Federal Read more...

Networx, the federal government's largest and newest telecommunications program, offers agencies an array of cloud computing services such as remote storage, remote access and hosting applications. Read more...

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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says there are too many data centers in the federal government, according to an article on Federal News Radio.com. In the last 10 years the number of data centers has jumped Read more...