The federal government has made a number of moves on several fronts in the past two weeks with respect to its cloud computing initiatives.It has issued a new request for quotations for infrastructure-as-a-service, updated its Apps.gov cloud computing store, released a report on the state of public sector cloud computing, revealed details about a cloud security effort, and formally launched a cloud standards effort.
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In the past two weeks alone, the government has introduced a new cloud RFQ, expanded its cloud app store, and launched a clouds standards effort.