Cloud computing key to better, cheaper public services
Thursday 6th January 2011
Only a move to the cloud can make affordable the increased efficiency needed to keep public services affordable says Heading into the cloud, the latest briefing from Socitm Insight.
Public sector ICT strategies must therefore be rewritten, with cloud adoption as a central theme, and investing in new or enhanced data centres is not advised, says Socitm, while outsourcing the ICT service could delay the benefits of moving to the cloud. These messages are contained in a new 4-page briefing on the benefits and possible downsides of cloud computing, now available to Socitm Insight subscribers from the Socitm Insight pages.
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