This announcement likely explains the administration announcement that it was shutting down 800 data centers[1] a year or so after announcing that it was going

This announcement likely explains the administration announcement that it was shutting down 800 data centers[1] a year or so after announcing that it was going to ramp up its IT effort. I imagine Amazon provided a compelling argument for using their infrastructure with certain security guarantees in place. Just the cost savings infrastructure/software/platform normalization across the govt would be significant I imagine. Best of luck to Amazon. [1] http://computerservicenow.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/obama-administration-shutting-down-800-data-centers/ http://computerservicenow.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/obama-adm...