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This week brought public debates about whether vendors are using the correct terminology in marketing so-called cloud solutions, but the government's ever-expanding use proves that "the cloud" is working just fine.

Headlines this week were dominated by the general availability of Microsoft Windows Azure and, shockingly, even more debate over the definition of cloud computing. However, while analysts and pundits were debating how many companies will use Microsoft’s new cloud, or whether “hybrid cloud” is an accurate term, some very real work was getting underway – all under the cloud moniker. The one entity responsible for all of it: the United States government. Joining an ever-expanding list [...]