According to Wyoming CIO Bob von Wolffradt, all state agencies – representing 10,000 employees – will migrate to Google Apps within a year. This will be the first time all Wyoming state employees share a common communications platform, which will improve their ability to collaborate with each other in serving the citizens of Wyoming.
The decision to go Google was the result of a transparent and competitive evaluation process that began roughly two years ago. Wyoming solicited proposals from multiple vendors and awarded the contract to Google partner Tempus Nova. The state estimates the move to Google Apps will save Wyoming taxpayers $1 million annually.Many other states around the country are using Google Apps, including departments in Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico. Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, New York, and Oregon are also bringing Apps to their K-12 classrooms. All these governments are saving money while equipping their employees with modern collaboration tools that carry the assurance of federal government security certification.
We welcome Wyoming to the cloud, and look forward to working with them and Tempus Nova to make the project a success.
2 comments:
WOW!
This is inspirational to say the least. I've already experienced the immediate results to using Google's services in my own life, it's exciting to see those kinds of benefits being added to a whole state! I'm interested to see what kind of effect this is going to have on Wyoming's economy and whether or not it's going to make any kind of difference in the unemployment rate over there.
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