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Key Trends of Cloud Adoption in Government
Key Trends of Cloud Adoption in Government

April 24, 2023

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Gone are the days when migrating to cloud was a choice only a few leveraged. Not just tech industry, cloud is also allowing government bodies to simplify and optimise the management of IT resources thereby facilitating the adoption of new digital technologies.

Source: nasscom’s Assessment of Cloud Adoption in Government Sector report

  1. Accelerated development of citizen centric applications requires scalable and flexible infrastructure.

There are many citizen centric applications running with focus on innovation, quality of service delivery, ease of operations which has led to the generation of data and requirement of digital infrastructure. This created the need to host solutions that are flexible and scalable.

  1. Massive computing requirements and data generation are leading to the adoption of the hybrid cloud approach.

Government ministries/ departments are dealing with high volumes of data of varying sensitivity levels hence it is necessary to have cloud that enables government to use different systems and applications for processing the generated data. This has led to the adoption of hybrid cloud model.

  1. Unique requirement of the government and citizen centric service delivery is leading to usage of diversified cloud service models.

Government ministries/ departments have specific needs, such as effective solution delivery, security of data, high data storage requirement, online education, and telemedicine consultations. This has led to a shift in demand from traditional cloud service models, such as Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, to diversified cloud service delivery model solutions.

  1. Focus of user ministries/ departments to secure the data generated.

The data generated in the government sector is highly sensitive hence it is crucial to enhance data security over cloud. This required policymakers to publish guidelines and standards to safeguard data on different hosting environments. For this, government ensured that all the CSPs onboarded are compliant with the guidelines with an obligation to preserve the data within the country borders. At the same time, restricted confidential data is being stored on government owned on premises infrastructure and cloud platforms, like Meghraj.

  1. Extensive investment to expand cloud infrastructure by the government and Cloud Service Providers.

To build more cloud infrastructure, GoI planned a public private partnership model within the country with major CSPs creating data centres within the country such as cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. Hence, motivating private players to invest heavily on cloud infrastructure and data centres in the country. For instance: states such as Bihar, Telangana have created their own data centres and are collaborating with CSPs for future cloud hosting requirements.

  1. Mixed landscape of digital infrastructure leads to sporadic adoption of cloud first within the government sector.

Cloud first approach has been defined with the intent of making the cloud a default option for ministries/ departments to run citizen centric services and make internal functions more efficient This led many ministries/ departments to initiate their cloud journey.

  1. Emphasis on reducing the procurement lifecycle through the empanelment of Cloud Service Providers.

GoI has taken strategic initiatives to reduce procurement lifecycles for adopting cloud-based services by using public procurement portals like GeM, CPPP, and empanelment to simplify procurement procedures. The guidelines to regulate the procurement of cloud technology within the government sector were also published.

To get more insights on Assessment of Cloud Adoption in Government Sector, read our report from the links below -  


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