Peter Mell is the chair of the Federal Cloud Computing Advisory Council. He’s tasked with defining cloud computing standards for the entire federal government. FedRAMP is intended to consolidate cloud computing requirements into one set of standards. This will encourage innovation and bolster competition, says John Defterios. He says the program could pave the wave to a wave of cloud computing consumption over the next few years. Defterio: Federal agencies have often acted independently with regard to IT, so Mell and his team are herding cats.”]