David
06-07-2012, 06:37 PM
From the Guv:
Maryland will soon be joining Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah by moving its state employee email services to Google Apps for Government. This transition will occur over a two-year period, bringing 57 disconnected email systems together under one communications platform to improve collaboration and reduce operating costs for over 50,000 state employees.
To date, over 1,000 state employees at five state agencies—including the Department of Agriculture (http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=134%7c66492%7c92029%7c01632&digest=gnwIoxnHae%2foaE%2fbRU5hCw&sysid=1) and State Archives (http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=134%7c66493%7c92029%7c01632&digest=nPYcfhZLWe1wznBMjCkVag&sysid=1)—have already made the move and many other agencies are eager to transition. The new tools allow more employees to collaborate on shared documents, improve information security, provide simplified off-site access to work-related emails and files, and help ensure continuity of service in the event of a disaster or emergency.
The transition to Google Apps is projected to save Marylanders $2.5 million a year, thanks to significant cost savings from the elimination of agency-specific software licensing and hardware infrastructure to support email and mobile computing.
Look for emails from state employees ending in @maryland.gov, which indicates that their agency has already moved to the cloud.
Maryland will soon be joining Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah by moving its state employee email services to Google Apps for Government. This transition will occur over a two-year period, bringing 57 disconnected email systems together under one communications platform to improve collaboration and reduce operating costs for over 50,000 state employees.
To date, over 1,000 state employees at five state agencies—including the Department of Agriculture (http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=134%7c66492%7c92029%7c01632&digest=gnwIoxnHae%2foaE%2fbRU5hCw&sysid=1) and State Archives (http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=134%7c66493%7c92029%7c01632&digest=nPYcfhZLWe1wznBMjCkVag&sysid=1)—have already made the move and many other agencies are eager to transition. The new tools allow more employees to collaborate on shared documents, improve information security, provide simplified off-site access to work-related emails and files, and help ensure continuity of service in the event of a disaster or emergency.
The transition to Google Apps is projected to save Marylanders $2.5 million a year, thanks to significant cost savings from the elimination of agency-specific software licensing and hardware infrastructure to support email and mobile computing.
Look for emails from state employees ending in @maryland.gov, which indicates that their agency has already moved to the cloud.