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As someone who works in Government in Australia in a non-IT area this is a huge deal. So much of what we do is simple database - form type applications. To be
by thmcmahon 15y ago
As someone who works in Government in Australia in a non-IT area this is a huge deal.
So much of what we do is simple database - form type applications. To be able to develop these in a more agile, less pay IBM a billion dollars type way, will revolutionise IT in Government.
- canadiansaur 15y agoIf you work for the government in Australia, you probably want the OPPOSITE of what this is - cloud servers hosted entirely outside the USA. If the servers are located in the US, they are potentially subject to the US patriot act, and i doubt that would pass Australian government privacy regulations
- corin_ 15y agoI'm pretty sure he was simply using his position as the background to why he has that opinion, not suggesting that non-US governments will look to use it.
- thmcmahon 15y agoThat's right. Sorry should've made that clearer. Obviously for the Australian government we would need an Australian version of this or a similar service. Government IT procurement for fairly trivial systems cost unbelievable amounts of money. A lot of this is due to an overly rigid scoping and dev process.