Documents/IITS/3: Technology/3.1: Cloud Technology:

3.1: Cloud Technology:

Leverage and share cloud technology.

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The cloud technology is a virtualized environment that allows infrastructure and services to be leveraged and shared at reduced costs. Many agencies are currently starting to migrate a few of their commodity services (e.g., email) to the cloud Reduction of agency technology costs continues to be a valid reason for migrating infrastructure, software and platforms to a cloud environment. However, migrating more data to a "cloud" or virtualized environment is also a significant step toward accessing data from anywhere and at anytime. This technology, coupled with mobile computing, brings data to any secure and authorized endpoint and increases productivity significantly.

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