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

Will cloud computing enable or undermine public sector IT climate change? published by Ovum, Ltd. in May, 2009. This report consists of 32 pages and the price starts from US $ 2175.

Introduction

Abstract

Cloud computing revolves around the ability to tap into massively scalable IT resources and IT-enabled services on-demand via the Internet.

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

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