May 20
2010
7 Questions & Answers to help Government Agencies Evaluate SaaS / Cloud Computing
The web-based software / SaaS model is ideal for all sizes of government (state government and local government) as it allows agencies to leverage a sophisticated IT infrastructure, which would otherwise be out of reach for most. Many questions about SaaS have centered on performance, availability, security, customization, and integration with existing or legacy applications inside an agencies’ firewall.
When evaluating SaaS for your government agency, whether large or small, or whether you are in IT, city planning or building departments, it helps to have answers to these 7 questions. Click below to read each Q&A.
#1Q&A: Is my web-based software / SaaS data secure?
#2Q&A: Can I track SaaS performance?
#3Q&A: Is the web-based software / SaaS truly multitenant
#5Q&A: Is web-based software, SaaS high performance?
#6Q&A: Is there a disaster recovery plan for SaaS?
#7Q&A: Is it easy to transfer SaaS data to other applications?
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