The government has published a

cloud computing strategy!!!

Do you know how it will impact you?

WARNING:

If you already know the answer

you are one of the lucky ones

In Q3 2012 a the CIO Council published a

Government Cloud Computing strategy

The strategy outlines the kinds of cloud

services that could be offered and how

the government cloud might work?

Why am I

talking about this?

I’m talking because they asked nicely

and I know what I want from a

Government Cloud platform

But before we start let’s consider

where we came from

Cloud Computing

Gartner 2008

Cloud Computing

Gartner 2009

Gartner 2010

PaaS

Cloud Computing Elasticity

Cloud Storage

Cloud Service Integration

Private Cloud

Cloud Computing for Enterprise

Cloud E-mail

Hybrid Cloud

Cloud Parallel Processing

Cloud Service brokerage

Cloud Management Platforms

Cloud BPM Platform

DBMS Cloud Service

Gartner 2011

PaaS

Cloud Computing Elasticity

Cloud Storage

Cloud Service Integration

Private Cloud

Cloud Computing for Enterprise

Cloud E-mail

Hybrid Cloud

Cloud Parallel Processing

Cloud Service brokerage

Cloud Management Platforms

Cloud BPM Platform

DBMS Cloud Service

Public Cloud Computing

SaaS

Public Cloud Storage

Gartner 2012

PaaS

Cloud Computing

Elasticity

Cloud Storage

Cloud Service Integration

Private Cloud

Cloud Computing for Enterprise

Cloud E-mail

Hybrid Cloud

Cloud Parallel Processing

Cloud Service brokerage

Cloud Management Platforms

Cloud BPM Platform

DBMS Cloud Service

Public Cloud Computing

SaaS

Public Cloud Storage

Do you want to know

what’s in the strategy?

• use of private cloud will be limited to those that receive sanction

• public cloud can be used subject to application of criteria

• community cloud should be used where public cloud isn’t suitable

Dept. 1

Dept. 2

Dept. 3

3rd Party DC

3rd Party DC

3rd Party DC

What do I want in the strategy?

€51.9Bn

€1.5Bn €0.5Bn

Correction from IPA Conference;

I will update again when I find out the

exact number

€1Bn €350M

Correction from IPA Conference;

I will update again when I find out the

exact number

March 2011 UK

• communication & engagement • cloud store transactions £1M • procurement framework • data.gov.uk • targets to manage against • guidance & reference architectures

April 2011 NZ

• communication & engagement • procurement framework • data site • targets • guidance & reference architectures

1Pb of data

What is missing from the strategy?

1. No mention of a cloud store 2. No detail on readiness or assessment criteria 3. No framework for assessment of public V community 4. No indication on mechanics of service provisioning, service management, service ownership 5. No mention of reference architectures 6. No reference to management of data related issues

Cloud store is a critical piece to support

SME access to government customers?

Legal/Contractual relationships between parties is critical?

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To help me know when I am ready

Adopted from: Cullen, S., Seddon, P., and Wilcox, L.

Managing Outsourcing, The Life Cycle Imperative.

MIS Quarterly Executive, Mach 2005, pp.229-256

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IT-CMF offers a concise management roadmap

to optimize business value from IT investment

IT-CMF is based on five maturity levels to assess and optimize

the value of IT

• Value-centric IT management

• State-of-the-art practices and

outcomes

• Benefits from IT investments

quantified and communicated

• Practices and outcomes well

above industry average

• IT/business interaction formalized

for all critical capabilities

• Transparent investment decisions

• Delivering basic IT services

• Some IT/business interactions

formalized

• No formal processes

• Ad hoc management of IT

Ma

turity

Low

High

Initial

Basic

Intermediate

Advanced

Optimizing

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Objective maturity assessment of IT management practices,

identifying both gaps and potential over investments

Managing IT like a business Managing the

IT capability

Managing IT

for business

value

Managing the

IT budget

1

2

3

4

5

ITG BPM BP SP DSM CFP RM AA ODP SRC IM SAI FF BGM PPP BOP EAM UTM PAM ICM RAM RDE SD SRP TIM UED PPM SUM CAM TCO BAR PM

Risk of competitive

disadvantage due to

below-average maturity?

Two levels of assessment: “Executive level" across all Critical

Capabilities; and deep dive assessment for each CC

Risk of competitive

disadvantage due to

over-investment?

Industry Average

Company’s current

maturity level

Example for CIO level assessment showing maturity gaps to industry average

• Nature of deployment

• Security

• Data privacy and protection

• System availability

• Network infrastructure

• Flexibility

• Data storage and extraction

• Capacity Planning

• Maturity and adoption

• Contingency planning

• Internal skill-sets and

governance

• Commercial considerations

• Cloud contracts

• Application Design

• Architecture

• Business Continuity and Disaster

Recovery

• Commercial and Pricing Model/s

• Data Location and Retrieval

• Legal and Regulatory (incl. data

protection, governing laws, intellectual

property, termination)

• Performance and Conformance

• Privacy

• Reputation

• Security, Security Standards

• Service Provision (incl. SLAs,

transitioning)

• Staffing and Skills Requirements

• Migration and Interoperability

• Technology Standards,Value For

Money

t: @aspiringarc e: gar.maccriosta@itarc.ie w: www.iasaglobal.org

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