EMC Research polled at least 500 technology leaders at local, state and federal government agencies and found nearly 80 percent of the respondentsâ computer applications are located on local networks, according to an Aug. 13 article posted by Socrata.
âThe public sector is being forced to do more with less today, and itâs obvious to technology decision-makers in government that they have to be in the cloud to manage their data efficiently and cost-effectively,â said Robert Runge, a member of the board of directors at Socrata.
âMoving from legacy technology to simple, user-friendly digital cloud solutions is critically important to the public sector keeping pace with the people they serve,â said Ian Stewart, a principal at EMC Research.