<p>The city of Boston is moving its 75,000 employees and education users from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps.</p><p>In its announcement Friday, the city said the switch was prompted by a need for a more modern and scalable platform for e-mail, collaboration and document storage.</p><p>"This decision represents an important step forward for the City," said Boston Chief Information Officer Bill Oates in a prepared statement. "We want to equip all City employees with easy-to-use tools that allow them be more productive and innovative in their jobs, as well as a system that can scale to keep up with the City's demands."</p><p>Boston previously used on-premises Exchange and Symantec Vault products, which on average cost $8.25 per user per month to maintain. The city expects a move to the cloud-based Google Apps will slash that cost by 30 percent each year.</p><p><a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/05/13/google-apps-boston.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>