Feds Face Cloud Procurement Confusion, Delays

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Richard M. Walker.

Nearly half (46%) of state and local government IT professionals in a new study said their jurisdiction has migrated — or is planning to migrate — applications to the cloud. However, state and local governments report that procuring cloud computing services remains a struggle, in part due to outmoded procurement processes.

Those are some of the conclusions reached by researchers at the Center for Digital Government in a new study released Tuesday. The survey found that more than a third of states (39%) that have migrated to the cloud, or are planning to, use shared-services agreements. Among those, 55% use statewide shared-services agreements. Fewer than 15% said they use procurement contracts for cloud services…

Asked what cloud environments they favor, 44% said they use or plan to adopt a hybrid cloud, involving a combination of public and private cloud hosting; 36% use or would choose a private cloud; 4% use or would use a public cloud; 14% didn’t know. The survey of 109 state and local IT decision makers, specified three principal reasons for cloud adoption:…

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