The cloud doesn't save us money, and we need MORE technical staff than before, claims local authority IT chief

Sooraj Shah
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Rocco Labellarte of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead thought cloud would cut costs and headcount, but things haven't gone exactly as planned

The shift to cloud computing services hasn't yielded all the benefits that the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead had expected, according to the local authority's head of technology and change...

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