"Our first responders have been doing a heroic job protecting ourcity and saving lives and they are still fighting fires and conducting live-saving search and rescue missions, " he said on Tuesday.
"This strategy is an innovative solution for the City, making our operations more effective and secure and saving taxpayer money, " said Mayor Emanuel.
"The cloud strategy gives City employees the ability to do their jobs more effectively while saving taxpayer dollars, decreasing duplication among departments and streamlining our operations across the board, " said Brett Goldstein, the City's Chief Information Officer and the Commissioner of the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT).