Will cloud computing enable or undermine public sector IT climate change?

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• In a nutshell
• Ovum view
• Cloud computing
• Keep a weather eye on the clouds
• Key implementation points
• Recommendations
• Public sector IT climate change
• More centralised IT is back in fashion
• The rise of the cloud
• On-demand, pay-as-you-go IT on the Internet
• Cloud computing exemplars
• Blurring boundaries
• IT giants getting with the cloud
• What are cloud services used for?
• Typical uses
• The cloud is, as yet, a niche
• How much cloud, when and where?
• Private cloud - the DIY market
• Hybrid on-premise plus cloud
• Developers will build for the cloud as second nature
• See beyond cloud services to cloud logic
• Cloud logic - IT made simple
• Cloud logic characteristics
• Front-end cloud logic
• Back-end cloud logic
• Relevance of cloud computing to the public sector
• Pockets of adoption only - so far
• Cloud reservations
• Keep a weather eye on the clouds
• Cloud logic as the basis of shared services
• Appropriate uses for the cloud
• Key implementation points
• Security and privacy FUD
• Cloud lock-in - always have a ‘plan B'
• Design for failure
• Lock-in is a choice
• Minimising lock-in
• Mitigating lock-in risks
• Out of sight is not out of mind?
• Don' t smother the ‘golden cloud goose'

List of Tables

• Table 1: Public sector IT climate change
• Table 2: Cloud computing exemplars
• Table 3: Cloud logic versus shared IT services reality
• Table 4: Cloud compatibility of applications

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Cloud opportunities for shared services
• Figure 2: Cloud compatibility factors