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Eighty per cent of councils still primarily rely on on-premise IT because of 'legacy IT hangover'

Sooraj Shah
Sooraj Shah
clock 23 March 2018 •
Although two thirds of councils are using cloud computing, the rate of cloud adoption is being slowed by the need to maintain old IT infrastructure
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Although two thirds of councils are using cloud computing, the rate of cloud adoption is being slowed by the need to maintain old IT infrastructure

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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