Everything Government CIO’s Need To Succeed When

Migrating To Cloud-Based Software

Information Technology (IT) in the Public Sector

● Governmental departments are often troubled with implementing IT solutions

● Cloud-based software may solve many of these troubles

● It offers new possibilities, reduces costs, and increases productivity

Challenges That Cause Government Cloud Migration Processes To Fail

● Cloud professionals can be difficult to find

● Different departments often want different products and services

Challenges...continued● Correctly preparing the cloud

environment for migration ● Training end-users to handle working in

the cloud efficiently and effectively● User resistance to change● Increasing user error rates

Techniques For Creating A Seamless And Effective Government Cloud Migration Process

● Using well-established cloud migration initiatives

● Identifying specific benefits and where possible, quantifying those benefits

● Choose cloud solution vendors with established track records

Techniques… continued ● Pick carefully what needs

to migrated● Migrate all essential

application data● Provide contextual,

onscreen guidance to guide users through tasks

Techniques...continued● Plan and organize cloud data

backups to protect against human error

● Check with the legal department to ensure no data protection laws are violated

Cloud Migration Toolkit: Tools For Success

WalkMe- provides onscreen guidance to help users and system administrators complete cloud migration effectively and efficiently

Tools...continued ● HP ConvergedSystem- bring fast, private cloud

deployments ready ‘out of the box’● Microsoft Robocopy- helps achieve full directory and file

replication between machines, both onsite and on the cloud

● Virtustream- provides users the possibilities to run traditionally architected software, by allowing environments to host applications built for IBM System p servers and VMware ESC hypervisors

● Appery.io- builds cross-mobile platform apps

Summary ● Governmental organizations can

gain a tremendous amount with cloud computing

● Migrating to cloud must be carefully planned and implemented

● A successful migration will reduce costs and increase productivity and efficiency

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