The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced in December that it is "on the verge of going live" with a commercial cloud service offering for its Enterprise Messaging Service (EMS), which includes email, web conferencing, document collaboration and instant messaging. USDA will become the first Cabinet-level agency in the United States to move its email and collaboration applications to the cloud. "Migrating an enterprise of USDA's size and complexity from multiple environments, across multiple agencies, requires not only a trusted enterprise-ready solution, but also a partner that is able to work with us and navigate everything from archiving to authentication to mobile phone support," said Chris Smith, chief information officer at USDA. "USDA's IT modernization will allow us to streamline our operations and help us use taxpayer dollars more efficiently. With a focused cloud roadmap, we saw a clear opportunity to help achieve our cost savings and consolidation goals and tap into the promise of the cloud."
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