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FederalNewsRadio has been tracking the issue of cloud computing — that is where data is stored on somebody elses systems, not on an agency’s own...

FederalNewsRadio has been tracking the issue of cloud computing — that is where data is stored on somebody elses systems, not on an agency’s own systems.

If you use Web mail, you have used cloud computing, but is cloud computing a match for government?

Microsoft refers to the concept as software + services — and we hear more about what that means for government from Stan Freck, director of software plus services for Microsoft’s U.S. Public Sector division. Click to hear the interview.

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