Image © Jian Fan | iStock Crown Commercial Service (CCS) technology experts discuss how public sector customers can overcome some of the challenges associated with legacy ICT and outline a better way forward towards digital transformation What is the government’s Cloud First policy? The government’s Cloud First Policy and desire for digital transformation to improve outcomes have produced demonstrable benefits across the public sector. In the government roadmap for digital and data, mission 4 lays out how departments will modernise across the public sector, moving away from legacy ICT systems, and making sure all major systems operate in appropriate environments which are safe and secure. Additionally, mission 6 seeks to improve digital skills across government, which includes understanding and skills in cloud. What is legacy infrastructure or legacy ICT? Legacy infrastructure means the information and communications technology (ICT) devices or applications that are old and out of support. It can also refer to hardware and operating system architectures that are not typically offered by mainstream public cloud vendors. How is cloud better than legacy ICT systems? Adopting the public cloud is key because it offers tools, features and ways of working that maximise organisational adaptability and scalability. It is […]
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