City Saves Money by Abandoning Servers, Focusing on Service

The City of Los Angeles is reportedly saving millions of dollars in information technology costs by handing over some of its network infrastructure to "the cloud." It takes a leap of faith to entrust city documents to a third-party host, but LA's CTO, Randi Levin, knows that a city should focus on what it does best: serving its residents, not serving data. Many cities, especially smaller ones, outsource their IT needs already, so moving the data off of local servers might be a logical next step. Would your community make the switch? If so, what would you need to know about a vendor before giving up your data?