The City of Pittsburgh has inked a four year deal with Google Cloud to house its IT infrastructure.
According to Mayor Bill Peduto's office, this will lower IT costs for the city and improve delivery of services to residents.
"We were immediately impressed with the scalability and flexibility of Google Cloud after using the technology for an initial storage migration last year," said Heidi Norman, acting director of the City of Pittsburgh Department of Innovation & Performance. "We realized all the different ways we could partner with Google Cloud to reduce the barriers of entry to move to a more cloud-focused approach to service delivery, and from there, developed a plan to rapidly adopt Google Cloud for our remaining on-premises applications. Ultimately, this migration will save city employees time and allow us to better deliver resident services."
As part of the migration, city departments will be able to scale applications and systems as needed and improve the quality of life in areas such as mobility, transportation, infrastructure and public safety.
"We're proud to partner with the City of Pittsburgh as part of its bold and transformative shift to the cloud," said Mike Daniels, vice president, Global Public Sector, Google Cloud. "The city's approach, powered by our technology, will open many opportunities to reimagine how to serve citizens, now and into the future."
