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Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to replace its open source Novell communication system with cloud-based Google Apps.
The authority expects to save $5.5 million over five years by repurposing computer servers and reassigning IT staff. Read more…
The vote is a significant milestone in the world of computing. Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest metropolis in the United States, will be the first major U.S. city to fully entrust its e-mail system to the cloud. Files will be stored at Google’s data centers rather than on L.A.’s own servers.
