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Colloboration in the Public Sector, Local/State Government - and introduction
Hi All. My name is Adam Levithan. I'm a recent MVP in Office Services and Servers and I've been working with Public Sector, Local/State Government customers for over 10 years. I'm located in the cent...
Hi Adam,
I work for a large government agency which is in the midst of digital disruption and looking towards a cloud future.
In your opinion what does moving from on-premise to cloud typically mean for employees?
Thanks, Brett
Hi Brett,
At worst moving the cloud should be no different than staying exactly where you are (yes I said at worst). At best, the potential is huge for all of the innovation and capabilities that the cloud provides. Whether you're talking about the benefits to the CIO organization - and being able to quickly adapt server resources to changing needs instead of having to go through long change management processes and buying hardware, or talking purely about end-user tools that are being designed and updated for ease-of-use.
Let's just take exchange for an example. What once was a 250 mb mailbox limit, that then sprawled into PSTs galore is now 50 GB in Office 365. Now there might be governance that still says employees need to keep their e-mail smaller than that (it is HUGE) but entirely new decisions can be made, and burdens are relieved off the IT organization allowing them to focus on more service activities.
Is there a specific concern you have?
At worst moving the cloud should be no different than staying exactly where you are (yes I said at worst). At best, the potential is huge for all of the innovation and capabilities that the cloud provides. Whether you're talking about the benefits to the CIO organization - and being able to quickly adapt server resources to changing needs instead of having to go through long change management processes and buying hardware, or talking purely about end-user tools that are being designed and updated for ease-of-use.
Let's just take exchange for an example. What once was a 250 mb mailbox limit, that then sprawled into PSTs galore is now 50 GB in Office 365. Now there might be governance that still says employees need to keep their e-mail smaller than that (it is HUGE) but entirely new decisions can be made, and burdens are relieved off the IT organization allowing them to focus on more service activities.
Is there a specific concern you have?