City of Los Angeles Is Now in Google’s Cloud
Mashable Dec 14 09
Back in October, the Los Angeles city council approved a $7.2 million deal to switch to hosted Google e-mail and application services.
Now, according to a blog post from Google, the deal is done, and the city of L.A. is now officially in the cloud, with 34,000 of the city’s employees switching to Google’s online services for e-mail and collaboration.
In the post, Google highlights the upsides of cloud computing:
“The cloud computing system will improve the security and reliability of city email, transitioning from servers in the City Hall basement to hosted, secure data centers. Full story...
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