Eighty per cent of councils still primarily rely on on-premise IT because of 'legacy IT hangover'
Holding on to legacy technology is holding back digital transformation in local government, claim Eduserv and Socitm

Four fifths of councils are still relying primarily on on-premise IT, despite an increase of cloud services used in local government. Socitm, the society for IT and digital leaders in government, and...
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