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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.Last month the German Federal Government IT Advisory Committee (” Federal IT Committee “) issued new cloud computing service criteria for all prospective vendors to German Federal Agencies. Cloud services providers who offer, or are considering offering, cloud computing services to relevant German Federal Agencies should plan proactively for these restrictive requirements and think of strategies to address them. The Federal IT Committee defines Cloud Services very broadly as any SaaS, PaaS or IaaS, which is provided by vendors not belonging to the public administration of the German States (Länder) or the Federal State.