Cloud computing centre has potential to save Government 50% of IT costs

EMC is building a cloud computing innovation centre to be called Cloud4Gov, which could save the state anything up to 50% on its IT costs.

Supported by Cisco, VMware, VCE and IDA Ireland, the initiative will have nodes in EMC’s Centre of Excellence and on Government networks.

Irish SMEs will also use the centre to develop, test and showcase their wares to public service and enterprise customers.