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Recommendations for govt. ministries on cloud adoption
Recommendations for govt. ministries on cloud adoption

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Many govt. organisations have made the move to shift their applications to cloud, it is important that these ministries and departments must set the right vision and establish a phased approach when building a roadmap and assess the right size cloud infrastructure in the short term for long term gains.

There are many steps a ministry or a department must assess before embarking on a journey of cloud transformation –

 

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  1. Move to cloud for the right reasons – Departments should evaluate the impact on their time to market, scalability, and collaboration and take the decision to move to the cloud.

 

  1. Assess the current technology landscape – Assessing the current tech infrastructure which can enable hosting of various workloads and workflows and assessing upgradation needs as well is an important step towards cloud migration. Another point to keep in mind is to assess the data generated to evaluate cloud service models. A detailed analysis of the data should be done considering parameters like sensitivity, migrated workload, security, compliances, and the risks associated. This would help ministries/departments to gain an understanding of the data and evaluate cloud models accordingly. In addition to this, gaining experience from past examples would help ministries/departments secure their data in a systematic manner while moving to the cloud.

 

  1. Estimate the cost of ownership - While comparing costs between cloud and traditional models, ministries/departments should focus on TCO and the investments required to run an application. Cloud computing enables capital expenditure savings as it does not require ministries/departments to invest in costly infrastructure. Therefore, in the long run, operational expenses can be cut down after cloud migration. In addition to this, technologies, such as AI, ML, cyber security and more can be integrated with the cloud at a much lower cost when compared to traditional models. This can also enable ministries/departments to add new functionalities as per changed/new policy without worrying about the upfront infrastructure cost.

 

  1. Engage with the right service provider – It is important to consult the right service provider for charting out a detailed cloud migration roadmap. In addition, leveraging the provider’s integration and migration services for faster implementation is another thing to account for. Furthermore, outsourcing the managed services for best-in-class technology and talent expertise can also be explored.

 

  1. Gradually migrating existing workflows to cloud - Leveraging the existing infrastructure and incorporating cloud elements into the existing infrastructure to make sure prudent investments are made to move to the next level. It might help to start managing workflows in an IaaS cloud model and migrate the PLM system to the cloud because it is less complex and has low computing requirements.

 

  1. Plan to migrate most of the workflows – It might be prudent to make a roadmap for gradual migration of most of the systems to cloud and systematically plan for integration of design and production systems in a hybrid environment. Most importantly, it is imperative to strengthen the security layers before moving the operational systems to cloud.

 

  1. Adopt SaaS solutions across the spectrum – It is expected that SaaS engineering and manufacturing application implementation and integration will be the new big milestone. Therefore, it is imperative to engage with the right Independent Software Vendor (ISV) to incorporate legacy customizations into the SaaS solution and maintain the uniqueness of the design and manufacturing systems and plan for major enhancements and upgrades while moving to a SaaS solution.

 

  1. Initiate skill development programmes for existing workforce - Ministries/departments can maximise the potential of cloud by strengthening their existing workforce. Cloud training programmes should be provided to technology teams and further extended to every other team within the ministry/department (Security/Operations/Finance, etc.) to grow cloud skills internally. Additionally, curriculums can be designed specific to teams in collaboration with service providers to cultivate basic understanding of cloud fundamentals, benefits, and usage. Teams can then be involved in discussions and decision-making during cloud transitioning to solidify the attained knowledge. This would enable leaders in the government bodies to take newer approaches that are actionable, measurable, and practical.

 

To know more about adoption of cloud in government departments and ministries, read our report from the links below –

nasscom community – https://community.nasscom.in/communities/cloud-computing/assessment-cloud-adoption-government-sector

nasscom website - https://nasscom.in/knowledge-center/publications/assessment-cloud-adoption-government-sector


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Vandhna Babu
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