There’s a better way for public agencies to leverage the power and flexibility of the cloud: government-as-a-platform, a new generation of software that provides a unified, enterprise approach to delivering services, leveraging data and creating a connected government. This platform software — hosted in the cloud and delivered as a service — puts a broad swath of government-specific capabilities in one package, which helps organizations move faster on deploying new solutions, integrating with existing ones or replacing them altogether.