Decentralizing Government's IT

Governing: These days, you hear a lot about disruptive technologies -- how ride-hailing apps have revolutionized the taxi industry, how Facebook has altered the way we consume news or how mobile devices have changed how we watch TV. Now another technology is behind a decision to disrupt Florida’s IT authority. A bill introduced in the state’s House of Representatives encourages state agencies to individually buy storage and processing power from cloud vendors.And that’s only one element of the legislation, which would completely reorganize the state’s IT authority and strip away its central control over IT.

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