CIO Craig Orgeron has a similar approach to cloud in Mississippi, where he looks at the move away from a physical data center as a priority as they begin a hybrid cloud project. He said that in the state’s decentralized government model, cloud services mean agencies can get what they need without having to go through a “monolithic” procurement organization.
He explained that since cloud lacks the capacity restrictions of on-prem solutions, Mississippi may be able to offer services to more state agencies and even local governments.
“You’re not maxing out a server or storage,” Orgeron said. “Cloud is all about capacity.”
