Body of Knowledge about the migration of public services into the Cloud
Hybrid Cloud: a catalyst to driving efficiencies and meeting the digital aspirations of the UK public sector
It’s of little surprise then to see such high levels of public cloud adoption amongst Line of Businesses (LOB) in UK public sector organisation. Findings from a study from EMC, VCE and VMware show that 85 percent are using some form of public cloud services, whether...
Scotland’s Digital Future: Scottish Public Sector Cloud Computing Guidance
This document delivers on the priority action within the strategy to set out the cloud policy for the public sector, and provide the guidance and principles for how Scotland’s Public Sector will use the cloud. In assessing the current approach and environments we...
techUK Cloud 2020 Vision: Keeping the UK at the forefront of cloud adoption
The UK has a vibrant, fast moving and constantly evolving cloud computing market with multiple cloud providers offering innovative cloud services at the infrastructure, platform and software level. This combination of cloud providers means UK businesses and consumers...
Modern Cloud for a Modern Government
Public sector organizations are increasingly driven to improve operational efficiency, share information, and integrate processes across operational and jurisdictional boundaries while maintaining control and reducing costs. Recently, cloud computing has captured...
Tips for Choosing a Cloud Service Provider
One of the most intriguing aspects of the cloud is the freedom it brings. The lack of term or volume commitments, the pay as you go pricing, and the ease of entry and exit appear to grant a license to behave impulsively. Like a 60’s commune, that image of the cloud...
SecaaS Implementation Guidance, Category 1: Identity and Access Management
Identity and Access Management (IAM) includes people, processes, and systems that are used to manage access to enterprise resources by assuring that the identity of an entity is verified, then granting the correct level of access based on the protected resource, this...
Secure government collaboration from the cloud
With more collaboration comes more shared data, and it is vital that this data is secured, and available for reading, storing and publishing only by those with explicit authority to do so. Can this level of security be achieved, from the cloud? If so, are there...
Eight best practices for public sector cloud adoption
Federal agencies are increasingly turning to cloud technologies to address their software and infrastructure needs, and they are also launching new applications using agile software methods, cloud-based platforms, and containers. Among government agencies: 93% run...
Transforming digital continuityEnhancing IT resilience through cloud computing
This joint research report, drawn together by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications and Microsoft, addresses how public cloud computing can enhance government digital continuity. In other words, it looks at the role commercially delivered...