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February 15, 2023
Blair Nichols
Key advantages of IT modernization for government Governments worldwide are realizing the advantages of IT modernization through cloud technology. Those benefits include: Cost efficiency and predictable costs. Secure backups and disaster recovery. Continuous access to state-of-the-art technology through cloud providers. High scalability. Modernizing aging legacy applications. Faster deployment of new applications and systems. Advanced security […]
July 29, 2019
Blair Nichols
Like virtually every other data-driven enterprise today, Canadian government agencies face the perennial challenge of doing more with less to serve their constituents. And like the rest of the world, this is inevitably leading agencies to review how they are consuming IT and supporting applications, and if they are better off with a public cloud alternative for some workloads. Leading the list is DevTest operations that can take advantage of the cloud’s speed, agility, and cost-savings without leading to worries about data theft and security.
August 22, 2018
Blair Nichols
1. Get to know your cloud options. Choosing from the top providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft is only the first chapter of your cloud-migration story. At OnX, we recommend that Canadian agencies go with Microsoft’s Azure platform because you can store data on Canadian data centers, as required by privacy regulations. Moreover, Microsoft technology […]
July 10, 2018
Blair Nichols
Tight budgets, high expectations The government of Canada acknowledges that citizens expect more digital services and have little patience for computer system crashes and balky IT performance. The federal government’s Strategic Plan for Information Management and Information Technology 2017 to 2021 spells this out in four central goals: Services should be simple, easy to access, […]
