Cloud computing featuring software for use by government agencies in managing public sector functions; cloud computing featuring a computer software platform for use by government agencies for the development and execution of modular applications for managing public sector functions; computer time-sharing services; providing a web-based system and online portal for third parties to remotely manage, administer, modify and control virtualized computing resources, data and software applications implemented via distributed computing environments, and to remotely manage and administer the virtualized computing resources, data and software applications; providing non-downloadable software, accessible over the internet, for managing computer applications and for operating distributed applications and networks of computers; providing non-downloadable software, accessible over the internet, for enabling computer system operators to virtualize their computer system resources, manage, administer, modify, and control their virtualized computing resources, and access virtualized grid and utility computing resources, namely, distributed cloud-based utility computing resources, infrastructure-on-demand computing resources, metered computing utility resources, virtualized globally distributed computing resources, virtualized datacenter resources, ready-application-stack computing resources, and high-availability computing resources