Is it time to PaaS!

The latest article in the Federal Times references a recent government study that confirms the use of maintaining platforms on the cloud would result in significant cost savings. Government agencies are looking to the cloud for software application development, which would reduce IT project development time by 31%. Using platforms as a service is a low risk and effective savings alternate to the current type of support provided. Estimates of the savings are in the billions of dollars ($20B) annually.