As federal cloud first policy gives way to the updated cloud smart policy, agency thinking about cloud computing has evolved. More than a decade into the cloud journey, agencies face many options for cloud computing deployment. The range of services available from cloud service providers has multiplied. Therefore, the journey to delivering the mission in the cloud presents a set of complicated choices. But, federal IT practitioners also have experience and growing familiarity with the cloud.

In this exclusive executive briefing, the following federal cloud veterans share their updated strategies for the cloud journey:

• Jonathan Feibus, Deputy Director, Governance and Enterprise Management Services Division, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Sukhvinder Singh, Chief Technology Officer, United States Agency for International Development
• Gulam Shakir, Systems Architect, National Archives and Records Administration
• Eddie Tejeda, Director, Cloud.gov, General Services Administration
• David Knox, Group Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, Oracle