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It was readily apparent at the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards (NIST) Cloud Computing Forum in November that cloud computing is a global IT phenomenon with global business benefits. It was also clear that U.S. cloud computing needs mirror those of other countries, possibly offering another way to bring nations together to build other kinds of bridges because of the cloud.
The U.S. Government’s Federal Cloud Computing Strategy describes....