RightNow Takes U.S. Government to the Cloud

CUSTOMER [email protected] SOLUTIONS — June 2010

RightNow Takes U.S. Government to the Cloud

The Obama Administration has made it clear that it wants to “do more with less” i.e. maintaining and developing federal programs, such its economic stimulus package and health reform at lower total costs. Cloud computing is one such solution to government needs. This method greatly reduces capital and IT expenses over premise-based solutions while offering superior flexibility and scalability…

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