As computing becomes a utility type service, cloud providers will be extensively more capable than any local staff.

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This liquefaction of hardware, in turn, will allow computing to become a utility, and software a service delivered online.

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Major software companies, including Oracle, IBM, Google and even Amazon.com, are all beginning to offer their own forms of utility computing applications, such as software-as-a-service and rented storage and processing power.

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Arguably more than any other government agencies, their missions require a fabric of utility computing that scales on demand and enables self discovery and self-service access to secure, timely and relevant information in support of mission: individual or shared.

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When Jeff Bezos launched the service in 2002, there were other more-established players in what was then called utility computing.

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