Nov 10 2016
Cloud

Feds Expected to Keep Moving to the Cloud

A MeriTalk survey indicates that federal cloud adoption will continue to increase in the years ahead.
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While about 33 percent of applications run in the cloud today, federal cloud users predict that 58 percent will run in the cloud by 2020, according to “Destination Cloud: The Federal and SLED Cloud Journey,” a September 2016 report from MeriTalk. The top federal cloud apps include web hosting, collaboration and backup services.

To avoid security challenges, more than half of respondents run their apps in a private cloud. Agencies are especially likely to choose the private cloud model for apps that handle sensitive information or are highly specialized.

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