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Government Cloud Deployment: Lessons Learned

Government Cloud Deployment: Lessons Learned. Presented to Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2013 Kevin L. Jackson Vice President and General Manager, NJVC Cloud Services. April 10, 2013. Cloud Computing.

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Government Cloud Deployment: Lessons Learned

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  1. Government Cloud Deployment: Lessons Learned Presented to Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2013 Kevin L. Jackson Vice President and General Manager, NJVC Cloud Services April 10, 2013

  2. Cloud Computing • Not a new technology, but a new approach in the provisioning and consumption of information technology (IT) • Time • Reduce time to deliver/execute mission • Increased responsiveness/flexibility/availability • Cost • Optimizing cost to deliver/execute mission • Optimizing cost of ownership (lifecycle cost) • Increased efficiencies in capital/operational expenditures • Quality • Environmental improvements • Experiential improvements

  3. U.S. Federal Agency Challenge • What? • Focus on mission, not technology • U.S. departments/agencies will use multiple clouds • Why? • Normalized comparison of cloud services provider offerings • Holistic view for managing and monitoring cloud services providers • Benefits? • Avoidance of vendor lock in • Realization of both economic and operational value of cloud computing

  4. U.S. State of Texas Cloud Computing Project • 20-30 Percent IT Infrastructure Cost Savings • Increased Agility from Months to Days • Improved Asset Utilization • Multiple Choice of IaaS, PaaS and DevOps • Choice of Managed Services • Transparency and Control

  5. U.S. Federal Government Recovery Act and Transparency Board • Established in February 2009 • Created recovery operations center, which used advanced analytics to detect early warning signs of trouble linked to recipients of recovery funds • Two-month planning period to develop and design IT platform • Two-week implementation period to create its own cloud hub, where the agency could act as its own cloud broker (Amazon, Microsoft 365 government community cloud, private cloud hosted in GGI IaaS) • Minimal impact on agency customers • After successful accomplishment of mission, Board was extended until September 2015 to monitor the $60.2 billion aid plan for victims of Hurricane Sandy

  6. Why Cloud Services Brokerage Without a CSB With a CSB

  7. IT Infrastructure Strategic Fit Analysis Sourcing/Procurement Managers CIO/CFO IT Architects Systems Integrator CIO and CFO Command and Control Solution Design and Simulation Cloud Services Broker Sourcing and Procurement Engine Commerce Broker Catalog and Pricing Engine Self-Service Catalog ITSM Service Request Catalog Workflow Mgmt. Typical Enterprise Platform Cloud Automation External Service Provisioning Engine Hybrid Cloud Management VMWARE Open Stack Cloud Foundry GreenPlum VMWARE vblock Public Iaas Paas AWS, TerreMark, Savvis Public Providers Enterprise

  8. Summary • Cloud computing changes both the economics and operations of the IT model • Governments should consider cloud services brokerage to avoid vendor lock in when transitioning to the cloud • U.S. national and regional governments have successfully used the cloud services brokerage model • Cloud services brokerage is a natural strategic extension for large and complex IT platforms

  9. Questions and Answers

  10. Thank You Kevin L. Jackson Vice President & General Manager NJVC Cloud Services 001.703.429.9073 kevin.jackson@njvc.com www.njvc.com govcloud.ulitzer.com

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