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JUNE 2016 SURVEY REVEALS
GROWING CONCERN AS CLOUD
ADOPTION ‘DIVORCES’ PUBLIC
SECTOR FROM THEIR DATA
The public sector is under great pressure to reduce spending,
increase efficiencies and adopt cloud models, transforming
service delivery. Despite the benefits, cloud computing presents
worrying hurdles relating to Interoperability, data security,
governance and cost.
With these matters in mind, GovNewsDirect has conducted
a public sector survey, specifically for Central Government, Local
Authorities & the Blue Light & Justice sector.
In partnership with NetApp, the survey objective was to identify
the current adoption and barriers of cloud services throughout the
public sector.
The survey received over 550 respondents, including
C-suite, directors and heads within ICT, procurement, finance
and many other departments. The report highlighted the key
concerns, constraints and challenges organisations face when
adopting cloud operations as part of their workflow