experiences of uk government cloud adoption
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A talk delivered by Andrew Hawkins at Cloud Control: Implementing Cloud Computing 2014, a seminar hosted by Civil Service World and Eduserv. It presents the findings from our research into the current state of cloud adoption within government. You can read the full report here: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/insight/reports/Delivering-Cloud-First-reportTRANSCRIPT
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Experiences of UK Government Cloud Adoption Research results
Andrew Hawkins, Sales Director, Eduserv@andrewhawkins65 #cswcloud
Eduserv14 YearsNot-for-Profit“IT for Public Good”
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Who we work with
Our survey
829 responses69 government organisations
Where we are
60%…of current activity focuses on low hanging fruit like isolated line-of-business applications
It’s still very early days
40%
have disaster recovery/back up in cloud
have software in cloud
More sophisticated cloud solutions are in the minority
40%57% say operational efficiency is the main reason for cloud adoption
40%
Only 10% using cloud to improve public services
40%
say their experience of cloud IT is poor
described problems with accessing data or applications
What’s stopping us
40%
Only 27% say their cloud adoption is due to Cabinet Office policy
G-Cloud impact is still gaining momentum
40%
American National Security Agency revelations have changed behaviour around cloud use
49% say they have concerns over cloud security
Security is still a concern
32%
What we need
40%
75% say stakeholders don’t understand benefits of cloud
Only 49% of government organisations say they have the skills they need
88% say a lack of training on cloud is an issue for their organisation
More knowledge and skills
40%
Only 54% have the project management skills they need
20% say they are nowhere near
Better project management
40%
83% of those that know about DevOps say it would improve cloud migration
Yet only 10% government professionals have heard of it
Dev Ops to open the door
Concluding thoughtsThings have progressed significantly in the past two years
Majority of cloud deployments to date are tacticalSatisfaction is mixedKnowledge and Skills needs work – this is a collaborative task – Cabinet Office, Suppliers, Departments and Agencies
HOWEVER …
We all have work to do!
Delivering Cloud First report
Click here to visit the Eduserv website and download the full research report.