EU to Urge Cloud Computing for Government Agencies

Grazed from Bloomberg. Author: Aoife White.

European Union regulators will urge government agencies in the EU to use cloud-computing services to reduce costs, according to a European Commission strategy for cloud computing published today.

Public agencies in the EU, the bloc’s biggest buyer of information technology services, and cloud-computing suppliers will work together on common procurement requirements to ensure that services meet governments’ needs, the commission said…

“Pooling public requirements could bring higher efficiency and common sectoral requirements would reduce costs and enable interoperability,” according to the strategy paper from the commission, the 27-nation EU’s executive in Brussels…

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