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Operation Server Lift gave the FCC the opportunity to retire old systems and identify ones to move to the cloud.<\/li><li>Think beyond your IT infrastructure. At the FCC the goal is to avoid custom infrastructure or code as much as possible. The IT team should be looking at ways to put the application or system in a commercial cloud solution that can be remixed in an appropriate and secure format.<\/li><li>Develop a good procurement team. The Federal Acquisition Regulation permits the cloud procurements the FCC wants to do, said FCC CIO David Bray. 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