Four years have passed since the release of the White House's Cloud First strategy, aimed at encouraging agencies to implement cloud services. To better understand the lessons learned from federal cloud adoption efforts and to determine how agencies can more effectively utilize cloud going forward, Government Business Council (GBC), Carpathia and VMware undertook an in-depth research study. Download this infographic and receive the valuable insight uncovered in the study around challenges, benefits and hear what federal leaders are saying about their adoption so far.

1. Communicate with your staff during all stages
of cloud deployment
Consult the experts
Educate agency leadership on cloud security
and best practices
Train employees on any changes or updates to
the system
Leverage cloud services that are compatible
with legacy systems
Outline clear strategic goals
Provide resources for IT personnel to guide
them through vendor acquisition &
management
Look for a cloud provider that meets
government compliance and IT security
clearance standards
Top Obstacles to Implementation
Lack of in-house technical expertise
Concerns entrusting data to third-party providers
Re-configuring legacy systems to be cloud-ready
Reluctance to move data off-site
Off-site backupOn-demand capacity Disaster Recovery
Key Steps
to ensure a smooth transition in your agency
Over 200 federal leaders were surveyed, including
So, what drives agency cloud implementation?
Cost efficiencies
from consolidating IT
systems/infrastructure
Replacing outdated
systems and modernizing
those sytems
Migrating to the Cloud
Lessons Learned from Federal Agencies
SuccessChallenge
Many agencies still face
technical and cultural
barriers to further adoption.
Cloud computing technologies have
evolved to include newer and more
flexible methods of deployment.
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What exactly is hybrid cloud?
Key
Takeaway
agree federal agency
cloud adoption is worth
the cost to implement
Most federal employees
surveyed don't understand what
hybrid cloud is even though
their agency has already
adopted it or is in the process of
adopting it.
think cloud efforts have
met or exceeded their
security expectations
think their department or
agency should prioritize
cloud service adoption even
if legacy systems are still
functioning
78% 82% 74%
Cloud Capabilities
with the Greatest Positive Impact
On-demand usage
expansion
Off-site backup
Disaster recovery
Secure & Compliant
Benefits of hybrid
According to National Institute of Standards and Technology, the hybrid
cloud is a combination of public, private, & community clouds, bound
together by standardized or proprietary technology.
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Self-service provisioning and management
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Reduced complexity of re-architecting for public cloud infrastructure
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Sources
http://www.govexec.com/gbc/reports/lessons-learned-federal-cloud-adoption/100887/
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf
based on research conducted by the
Government Business Council
Take a look at what we uncovered and hear what federal leaders
have to say about their adoption experiences so far.
Four years have passed since the release of the White House's Cloud First
strategy, aimed at encouraging agencies to implement cloud services. To
better understand the lessons learned from federal cloud adoption efforts and
to determine how agencies can more effectively utilize cloud going forward,
Government Business Council (GBC), Carpathia and VMware undertook an
in-depth research study.