Cloud, SaaS on the horizon for state and local governments

"State and local governments contending with budget shortfalls and declining tax revenues are taking a closer look at cloud computing and Software as a Service. And that's encouraging for cloud- or SaaS-savvy VARs that focus on government accounts. Vendors and resellers of on-demand solutions report a bump in government sales and increased interest in the form of requests for proposals (RFPs) now hitting the street. Executives said government entities are taking to the cloud as an option for messaging and collaboration, customer relationship management and constituent services among other applications." Read the rest here.