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Government in the Clouds:
Much More Than Computing
Socialization and Consumerization
D Business Processes
(Financials, HR, Budgeting, Procurement) By whom ?
a
t
a Custom Packaged External Computing or
Applications Applications Services
sourcing model?
Infrastructure
What's new?
Commoditization
Key Issues
Private Cloud Computing Vendors like Google and Microsoft have developed a
BPM for Government government cloud by making part of their existing
Government Cloud Government Domain-Specific COTS
infrastructure compliant with U.S. federal government
Open-Source Public-Sector
Vertical Applications security requirements (FISMA)
Citizen Data Vaults
Packaged ERP for
Enterprise Information External Communities in Government Government
Management Programs Shared Services
Federated Identity Management
SOA: Government
Geographic Information Systems
Government Data Enterprise Content Management for Government
Interoperability
Advanced Analytics for Government
Internal Communities
in Government Business Intelligence for Performance
Management in Government
Whole-of-Government Enterprise Architecture
As of July 2010
Peak of
Technology Trough of Plateau of
Trigger Inflated Disillusionment Slope of Enlightenment Productivity
Expectations
time
Years to mainstream adoption: obsolete
less than 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 to 10 years more than 10 years before plateau
Government-
Specific
Irrelevance
IT Depts.
Business Process Services
1 Service-Based
ü ü
2 Scalable and Elastic
ü
3 Shared
ü ü ü
4 Metered by Use
ü ü
5 Internet Technologies
ü
Always
Rarely
Almost never
The Private-Public Cloud Continuum
Citizen Open Government
Data Vault Data
Anyone Public
Cloud
Services
Corporate E-Mail
Centrally
• Better fit for purpose • Interoperability
Procured • Centralized vendor selection • Vendor management
Multiple ESPs
Users Market
• USA.gov migration • Govt. Providers: NBC, DISA, NASA
• Recovery.gov migration • Google Government Cloud
• Cloud e-mail RFP (GSA) • Microsoft Government Cloud
• DOL — GCE for Financial Management • Various Private Cloud Offerings
Issues
• Future of lines of business?
• Boundaries of Apps.gov?
• Mandate vs. recommend?
• Role of "public" cloud?
U.S. Federal Cloud Initiative:
Apps.gov – Business Apps
U.K. G-Cloud:
Great Vision, Tough Execution
• No firm definition
- Shared services/business services
- Utility apps Government organizations in charge of cloud-
- Common public sector apps computing policies should look carefully at
the U.K. model as an inspiration to integrate
- Development platform for custom apps
the procurement and operation of cloud-
- Infrastructure and service management based services with more-traditional
• Early supplier involvement computing models.
• App store focused on use and supply
Issues
• Local government engagement
• Mandate (e.g., PSN use)
• Market distortion
• Toward radically new sourcing models
State and Local Government Landscape
Example Description Issues
State of • Further consolidation • Sustainability and market
Michigan • Storage as a service evolution
(DTMB) • Economic development • Scope, governance
Apps.gov • Provide
in the services
U.S. and G-AS in assets
• Existing the U.K. aim • Focusatonproviding
commodity a
Provider
single point of contact for any government organization
• Security that
• Competition with market
wishes• Single
to purchase cloud• Flexibility,
point of contact services costsfrom different
• Complexity cloud
Broker • Multisourcing providers.
• Resource balance • Interoperability