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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

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