Who Are the Contenders for the Federal Cloud?

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• Department of Defense

1. Which players figure to benefit if the U.S. government’s looming data center consolidation shifts large numbers of federal applications from in-house data centers to cloud computing platforms? In recent weeks, key players in the government computing niche have been positioning their cloud offerings ahead of the announcement of the consolidation initiative. Here are the companies whose track record and cloud platforms have positioned them for leadership in this lucrative niche: HP: The huge hardware and software giant designed and built a secure cloud computing platform for the Department of Defense. The cloud initiative, known as RACE (Rapid Access Computing ... (Read Full Article)
   
   

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