Federal IT executives are increasingly expected to improve efficiency by leveraging new technologies, but legacy technology and processes often eat up the bulk of available resources. To that end, federal agencies are beginning to shift to contractor-owned, contractor-operated IT, shedding restrictions that are so often tied to the infrastructure. With on-demand access to shared and scalable pools of computing resources, and with the shackles of commodity IT management removed, agencies can incorporate into operations more mission-oriented IT capabilities.