Cloud experts discuss innovation, small wins and better partnerships following a report on state agencies’ progress in moving to the cloud.

Acquisition capabilities and contract vehicles curb states’ shift to cloud technologies even as agency IT executives want more cloud investment over next three years, report says.

Growing capabilities among states to provision cloud applications and services will enable them move from on-site data centers to the cloud over the next three years.

IT expert explains how automation and orchestration can be applied to legacy systems to lower costs and increase security for agencies.

Cloud experts discuss how the VMware and Amazon Web Services partnership will streamline migration to cloud for state and local government agencies.

The principles of cloud computing can be applied to any agency’s IT system even if it isn’t ready to operate in a cloud-based environment.