'Government as a Platform': How Cloud Computing Is Progressing Inside The Beltway

Forbes: Cloud computing is more than just the latest in a series of attempts to pare down government spending — it’s a gateway to unprecedented innovation in a sector known more for bureaucratic inertia. That’s the view of Dr. Rick Holgate, president of the  American Council for Technology (ACT), an independent advisory group of federal agency CIOs. In his view, cloud is one of three forces of innovation sweeping U.S. federal agencies, along with restructuring and opening up to private industry partnerships.

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