Fight for the cloud -- the battle for cloud has begun. The giant companies like Microsoft and Google are jostling for a stronghold in the emerging cloud market, especially in the government sector where contracts are longer and lucrative. For example, Google won a five-year General Services Administration (GSA) contract for $6.7 million and Microsoft a similar contract for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Both contracts require managing web-based email and various other services. The benefits of these services include agencies not having to use their own servers on the network, automatic updates which do not require updates on individual workstations. The updates will take effect globally. The enterprise market, especially in large scale and scope, for cloud computing is beginning to influence both public and private sectors. Government, in particular, with its investment in technological innovation, is in a great position to take advantage of the cloud computing.
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