It is encouraging to see Jirka Danek, the Canadian Government’s CTO (Public Works) strategy for Cloud Computing within the Canadian Government. He talks about cloud services such as the apps.gov web site in the USA as a possible model to follow with in the Canadian government. And says that the the United States government under the Obama administration has provided Canada with a strong role model in driving the adoption and the use of cloud computing within government.
7 Question & Answer Blog Series: When evaluating SaaS and cloud computing for your government agency …
3. Is the web-based software / SaaS truly multitenant?
Multitenant architecture allows for quick deployment, lower cost, and faster innovation. It is important to evaluate SaaS vendors for your government agency for:
Efficient service delivery, with low maintenance and upgrade burden
Consistent performance and reliability based on manageable multitenant architecture
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e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government has conducted its Digital Counties and Digital Cities surveys in partnership with the National Association of Counties and National League of Cities for more than 10 years. ...
