Hybrid and Public Cloud Strategy - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Hybrid and Public Cloud Strategy
FOI Number
15212
Date Received
13/05/2021
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
We are exploring the use of hybrid cloud within public sector organisations in line with the Government Digital Service's (GDS) guidance on 'public sector use of the Public Cloud'. We would like to ascertain whether the cloud-first policy was fit for purpose and what challenges, if any, have arisen when outlining and implementing your cloud strategy. 1. Do you have a cloud strategy? (Please provide a link to the strategy)A) Yes
B) No
2. When was the cloud strategy defined?
3. If yes, what is the focus of your cloud strategy?
A) All in on public cloud (no private cloud or on-premise infrastructure)
B) Cloud First (new services in public cloud with some on premises infrastructure or private cloud)
C) Hybrid cloud (some combination of one or more public clouds, private cloud and on-premises)
D) Private cloud (no public cloud)
4. What public cloud(s) do you use?
A) AWS
B) Alibaba Cloud
C) Azure
D) Google Cloud Platform
E) Oracle Cloud
F) UK Cloud
5. What percentage of your applications and/or workloads is on premise?
A) 0%
B) 10% - 25%
C) 25% - 50%
D) 50% - 75%
E) 100%
6. What percentage of your applications and/or workloads is in the public cloud?
A) 0%
B) 10% - 25%
C) 25% - 50%
D) 50% - 75%
E) 100%
7. What percentage of your data is on premise?
A) 0%
B) 10% - 25%
C) 25% - 50%
D) 50% - 75%
E) 100%
8. What percentage of your data is in the public cloud?
A) 0%
B) 10% - 25%
C) 25% - 50%
D) 50% - 75%
E) 100%
9. What percentage of your infrastructure is legacy?
A) 0%
B) 10% - 25%
C) 25% - 50%
D) 50% - 75%
E) 100%
10. Do you have third-party services or solutions on premise that are not cloud-ready or fit for cloud migration?
A) Yes
B) No
11. What workloads or functions have you moved to the cloud? (Multiple answers. Please specify other if not listed)
A) Office productivity (e.g. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace)
B) Citizen-facing digital services (e.g. GOV.UK)
C) Back-office applications (e.g. transaction processing)
D) Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cognitive services
E) Software development/DevOps
F) Corporate functions (e.g. HR, Finance, CRM)
G) Intranet
H) Public website
I) Backup, business continuity and disaster recovery
J) Other
12. What challenges did you face when moving to the public cloud? (Multiple answers. Please specify other if not listed)
A) Migrating certain applications
B) Legacy infrastructure
C) Different refresh cycles
D) Difficulty proving cost illustrations
E) Funding paths (Capex/Opex)
F) Data gravity
G) Data Classification
H) Licensing concerns
I) Data privacy concerns
J) Offshoring and data residency
K) Lack of in-house skills
L) Vendor lock-in/ Egress cost prohibitive
M) Other
13. What percentage of your infrastructure do you plan to be public cloud based in 12 months' time?
F) 0%
G) 10% - 25%
H) 25% - 50%
I) 50% - 75%
J) 100%
14. What percentage of your infrastructure do you plan to be public cloud based in three years' time?
A) 0%
B) 10% - 25%
C) 25% - 50%
D) 50% - 75%
E) 100%
15. How much has your organisation spent on public cloud since the Government's G-Cloud or 'cloud-first' policy was introduced in 2012?
16. How much has your organisation spent on on-premise infrastructure since the Government's G-Cloud or 'cloud-first' policy was introduced in 2012?
17. How much has your organisation spent on cloud/infrastructure consultancy services in FY 20-21?
18. How much was spent on public cloud data egress charges in FY 20-21?
Response
1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. AWS, Azure , UK Cloud
5. 50% - 75%
6. 25% - 50%
7. 50% - 75%
8. 25% - 50%
9. 10% - 25%
10. Yes
11. Office productivity (e.g. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), Citizen-facing digital services (e.g. GOV.UK), Back-office applications (e.g. transaction processing), Corporate functions (e.g. HR, Finance, CRM), Public website
12. Migrating certain applications, Legacy infrastructure, Difficulty proving cost illustrations, Funding paths (Capex/Opex), Data Classification, Licensing concerns, Data privacy concerns
13. 10% - 25%
14. 25% - 50%
15. Unfortunately Scottish Borders Council do not hold the information you have requested. Therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
16. Unfortunately Scottish Borders Council do not hold the information you have requested. Therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
