G-CloudIII set up a delay, the British government expressed its support

The British government is about to launch a third-generation cloud storage system, so what will happen in the coming months? This will bring the market how kind of change?

The Cabinet Office confirmed that the sales volume of the previous two purchases of G-Cloud I (GI) and G-Cloud II (GII) had reached £ 18.2 million. Good start, which also shows us the future of G-Cloud III (GIII). Obviously, the G-Cloud III (GIII) has been delayed in its formation and operation due to a more than 50% increase in suppliers and a diversification of products. Currently, the increase in numbers has caused some minor problems with the G-Cloud team in sending and receiving letters.

Despite some difficulties so far, the government finally approved the principle of "public cloud first". Denise McDonagh is a game changer, and under his guidance this approach from the G-Cloud team has been recognized.

The default position of the public sector is to sidestep the risks, to the extent that it is the right attitude to the data involved. However, a large amount of data is required to work in the public cloud model, so from now on, public sector CIOs, especially those working in the central government, will have to explain why they did not adopt this model.

Development of GI and GII:

From the ground up to 18.2 million pounds of proceeds, only through the GI and GII just six months time to do it, which is the G-Cloud team deserved cheer performance. As application systems become more application and accountable, some of the earlier problems have been solved and more diversified services and solutions have been realized. Currently, G-Cloud has 462 suppliers, of which 75% provide 3,185 different forms of services for SMEs through several channels.

However, most have become consultants through contracts, with the focus on agile and cloud-based initiatives. Due to the nature of the framework agreement, this may perhaps be understood as an emphasis on the early stages of adoption of cloud computing consultants, with the exception that has become a success, an early application of the G-Cloud distributed file system, which has also gained in development s return. But by the G-Cloud era it needed to be seen as the government's purchasing engine around a variety of topics, not the simple framework advisor.

The third generation G-Cloud - GIII

GIII has not yet been released, but Ovum, a consultant for the telecom industry, said the successful use of the GIII will increase by 50%, a "bumper crop" from the vendor market. This means a significant increase in diversity of solutions and services, and it is crucial that the G-Cloud team ensure that as the number increases, the product's standards will not diminish.

Attributing the increase in applications to the traction of G-Cloud is, for example, better understanding of requirements, better marketing and communications, simpler applications, and support from senior leaders. On the contrary, this also led to some of the frameworks that have had to be shut down, such as forcing the introduction of service integration and management (SIAM) operations for procurement from G-Cloud. GIII suppliers are not yet available in the market, but there are rumors that Ovum has been getting some news that some of the big system integrators (SIS) such as TCS have already stated their position. However, the G-Cloud team has so far failed to capture the two largest cloud service providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google.

As of this writing, some vendors started to feel uneasy about their reluctance to take part in any flagship project of the British government, perhaps reflecting on the chances of a photo meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Craig (Nick Clegg) group photo number gradually decreased. Ovum also learned that Microsoft and Salesforce, both companies that do not participate in G-Cloud on the grounds of the U.S. Patriot Act, receive as much legal advice as they can. Perhaps the reason they are unwilling to do it is that they already have a loose business model and have not developed a particular public-sector value proposition.

Another reason may be that G-Cloud, which is currently emerging, has not yet reached a sufficiently attractive size. Some people think that the biggest difficulty at present is to sign a two-year unchanged framework agreement on products. AWS companies are proud of the continuous development of new products, new features ready to be added.

Look forward to G-Cloud IVd

What do we expect from G-Cloud IV? First of all, aside from opening up markets for small and medium-sized businesses, there is a contract of sufficient size to tempt suppliers. Second, the government needs to keep pressure on demand by expanding its current win-win policy, through effective communication and by limiting other procurement methods. Third, the G-Cloud team must continue to reduce barriers to change, for example, by allowing painless flipping processes to continue.

Now that the start-up phase is over, the government is sitting on a rich data market that can translate into meaningful information and then provide insight into gaps in regulations. Share insight into the market goals targeted by the G-Cloud team to ensure there is a framework agreement between business needs and vendor offerings. Through the surface of the purchasing process, the G-Cloud team can provide a bridge between the public sector's products to be purchased and the vendor's community investment and development services.

G-Cloud will not disappear, it may gradually become the preferred procurement mechanism. Ovum does not believe the government will support the G-Cloud distributed file system as a political decision. Instead, it is a cost-effective infrastructure that G-Cloud is likely to achieve whatever the outcome of the next election Surpassing the development.