Communicate with your sta� during all stages of cloud deployment

Consult the experts

Educate agency leadership on cloud security and best practices

Train employees on any changes or updates to the system

Leverage cloud services that are compatible with legacy systems

Outline clear strategic goals

Provide resources for IT personnel to guide them through vendor acquisition & management

Look for a cloud provider that meets government compliance and IT security clearance standards

Top Obstacles to Implementation

Lack of in-house technical expertise

Concerns entrusting data to third-party providers

Re-configuring legacy systems to be cloud-ready

Reluctance to move data o�-site

O�-site backupOn-demand capacity Disaster Recovery

Key Stepsto ensure a smooth transition in your agency

Over 200 federal leaders were surveyed, including

So, what drives agency cloud implementation?

Cost e�ciencies from consolidating IT systems/infrastructure

Replacing outdated systems and modernizing

those sytems

Migrating to the CloudLessons Learned from Federal Agencies

SuccessChallengeMany agencies still face technical and cultural barriers to further adoption.

Cloud computing technologies have

evolved to include newer and more

flexible methods of deployment.

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What exactly is hybrid cloud?

Key Takeaway

agree federal agency cloud adoption is worth the cost to implement

Most federal employees surveyed don't understand what hybrid cloud is even though their agency has already adopted it or is in the process of adopting it.

think cloud e�orts have met or exceeded their security expectations

think their department or agency should prioritize cloud service adoption even if legacy systems are still functioning

78% 82% 74%

Cloud Capabilities with the Greatest Positive Impact

On-demand usage expansion

O�-site backup

Disaster recovery

Secure & Compliant

Benefits of hybrid

According to National Institute of Standards and Technology, the hybrid cloud is a combination of public, private, & community clouds, bound together by standardized or proprietary technology.

About VMware vCloud® Government ServiceProvided by Carpathia™

The most robust hybrid cloud solution available to federal agencies, VMware vCloud® Government Service provided by Carpathia™ o�ers a seamless platform for migrating and managing workloads between dedicated virtualized environments, on-premise infrastructure, third-party data centers and the cloud.

FedRAMP-compliant

Self-service provisioning and management

Scalable and agile

Reduced complexity of re-architecting for public cloud infrastructure via native hybrid capability

Sourceshttp://www.govexec.com/gbc/reports/lessons-learned-federal-cloud-adoption/100887/

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf

based on research conducted by the Government Business Council

Take a look at what we uncovered and hear what federal leaders have to say about their adoption experiences so far.

Four years have passed since the release of the White House's Cloud First

strategy, aimed at encouraging agencies to implement cloud services. To

better understand the lessons learned from federal cloud adoption e�orts and

to determine how agencies can more e�ectively utilize cloud going forward,

Government Business Council (GBC), Carpathia and VMware undertook an

in-depth research study.