Cloud gaining traction as state and local cost-cutter
October 16, 2013
Grazed from GCN. Author: Rutrell Yasin.
Almost half of U.S. state and local governments in a recent survey by the Unisys Corp. are planning or are already involved in cloud computing projects, according to the firm, which found that hardware and software cost savings were top drivers moving agencies to the cloud. The research, conducted for Unisys by the Center for Digital Government, surveyed 109 IT managers from 18 states between July and August 2013.
In addition to cost savings, about one-fifth of the respondents said the ability to meet the demands of a growing mobile workforce was a top incentive for cloud adoption. Forty-six percent of all respondents reported they have or are planning to launch mobility or bring-your-own-device programs…
For IT managers who have, or are planning to implement a cloud offering, 70 percent said they would migrate Web applications to the cloud, 60 percent identified plans for data storage and 40 percent said they would use the cloud for email. Hybrid clouds, which combine private and public clouds, are the preferred platforms for 44 percent of the IT managers, while 36 percent have adopted private clouds…
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