Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has tasked a group of senior leaders from Defense Department innovation organizations with developing a plan to accelerate DOD's acquisition of cloud computing technologies. The Pentagon is establishing a Cloud Executive Steering Group "to devise and oversee the execution of a strategy to accelerate the adoption of cloud architectures and cloud services, focusing on commercial solutions," according to a Sept. 13 memo penned by Shanahan. The group will be chaired by the Pentagon's acquisition chief,...
