Solutions: State and Local Government
Private cloud technology is changing the way state and local governments deliver IT services to employees, contractors, and the public. The fundamental principles of private cloud computing: web, scalable, and device agnostic makes it the perfect solution for state and local government agencies that are looking for a more streamline and cost effective method of delivering services.
Leveraging Stoneware’s webNetwork, state and local government agencies can easily create a secure, private cloud framework for delivering services and applications to their increasingly growing remote and mobile workforce. Users connecting to the private cloud will be presented with a secure, virtual web desktop that delivers all agency services based on the user’s organizational role.
Cost Effective Delivery of IT Services via Private Cloud Computing
Stoneware recognizes the following industry drivers and sees the immediate application of private cloud computing driving down the cost of delivering IT services:
- Web Applications - the shift in application development from client-centric to web-centric computing will decrease many of the costs associated with application delivery. The scalable, clientless nature of web applications have made them the preferred by many organizations, reducing both hardware and desktop support costs. Using the private cloud as the primary delivery mechanism for the growing number of web applications will significantly reduce the cost associated with the current desktop deployment model.
- Sub-notebook market - the rapidly growing netbook market has many organizations rethinking application delivery. Unlike desktops and latops, netbooks are designed around access and portability. Moving applications and data into the private cloud enables netbooks to access IT services from anywhere and significantly reduces costs associated with the end device.
- Centralization of Computing Resources - moving IT resources off of the client device and back into the data center is a monumental step in reducing costs. The costs associated with client-centric computing are numerous. Deploying applications, patches, software updates, virus, etc. can consume much of an IT budget. In the private cloud computing model, the device begins to look more like a terminal as services and applications move into the data center and costs associated with supporting the device are minimized.