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NEBULA: NASA’S

STRATEGIC CLOUD

The federal government wants to reduce the heterogeneous
nature of federal data centers by figuring out a way to build
them to a more common standard and reduce the burgeoning
expense of IT for U.S. citizens. There’s early evidence that the
government thinks that cloud computing is part of the answer.

Like that of the modern business world, the government’s
appetite for computing power keeps growing, and the num-
ber and types of data centers are increasing along with it.
NASA has been a target of critics who say that federal agen-
cies spend too much on information technology and create
too many computing centers. NASA, with its Houston Space
Flight Center, Cape Kennedy launch site, Jet Propulsion Lab

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