GovTech reported that the City of San Diego is ready to outsource some IT services including help desk functions, laptop, desktop, and database server management.
Within the article, the City reportedly consolidated five email systems into one. Oddly, there is no mention of migrating any services into the cloud as various city and state governments have already. It would seem that migrating to a SaaS model, such as Google Apps, would generate a cost savings by simply reducing removing license fees/maintenance contracts and person-hours required to maintain on-premises servers and productivity apps on upwards of 10,000 desktops and laptops.
That said, the article doesn't mention whether the City's licenses are up for renewal nor the asset lifecycle. So, it is entirely possible that such a migration is being considered. We may yet see an announcement to that effect in the near future.
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