Cloud Computing for the Public Sector The UK G-Cloud Programme Andy Tait VMware UK VMware Confidential/Proprietary Copyright © 2009 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

Agenda A brief introduction Today’s Public Sector Landscape The Government Cloud (G-Cloud) Vision The Core G-Cloud Components The Roadmap to Cloud Any Questions? 2

Introducing… Andy Tait Joined VMware 1 st April 2011 Former roles: Deputy Director G-Cloud Programme, Cabinet Office, HMG Director, Technical Services Delivery Identity & Passport Service Head of Internet Services,

The Current Landscape - A Game of Numbers 4 200K+ 10, Bn :27.8Bn: 19.2Bn 90,000 & 7% 65,000,000 : 6,000,000 £261 6:81

Numbers in Detail 5 200K+ servers across PS 10,000+ distinct applications No aggregation of application demand No data mobility between departments 130+ Data Centres in central Government £16.9 bn approximate ICT spend per annum. Less than 10% of servers are fully virtualised. Potential “G-Cloud” benefit 30% of annual costs. Thousands of DC, and comms rooms across public sector Private sector achieves 60% cost reduction through Cloud 90,000 servers within central government running at <10% utilisation

Phase 1 of the G-Cloud Programme Completed in the Summer of 2009 Identified 130 plus data centres operating in Central Government alone. Identified potentially 8,000 additional comms rooms hosting serving equipment. Review of Data Centre quality, suitability and long term viability indicated that many facilities were below minimum standards. Identified that server utilisation was running at <7% 6 Overall recommendation was that considerable opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies existed from a programme of Data Centre Consolidation. Conclusion

Phase 2 G-Cloud Programme Ran October 2009 – May 2010 Engaged wider group of Civil Servants, Industry Volunteers, and Small consultant group – total 100 staff. Produced detail reports in 8 Areas which were published in February  G-Cloud Vision  G-Cloud Commercial Strategy  G-Cloud Strategic Outline Business Case  G-Cloud Implementation Strategy  G-Cloud Service Management, Organisational Structure and Governance  G-Cloud Service Specification  G-Cloud Technical Architecture  G-Cloud Foundation Principles 7

Programme Governance G-Cloud Programme Board Established Andy Nelson, CIO of MOJ as Chair John Suffolk, Government CIO and SRO. Mixture of CIO’s from Local, central and industry participated on the Board Programme board fed into CIO Council and CTO Council. 8

The G-Cloud Vision 9 “The G-Cloud brand provides confidence in ICT services you can trust – reliability and security, value for money.” “Data Centre Consolidation: Delivering Public Sector ICT services from the optimum number of high performing, energy-efficient, resilient, and cost-effective” “The Application Store for Government- the online marketplace for Public Sector ICT Services.”

Goals for the Programme 10 Reduce ICT costs, Supplier lock-in, Carbon footprint Create agility in service provision Create open, vibrant & competitive marketplace Create a principle of application sharing and re-use Adopt virtualised and cloud based services as the default choice for new applications.

Government ICT Strategy – March Other Key Strategies to be aware of: Public Sector Network The Open Source Strategy The Open Standard Strategy Engagement of SME’s in Public Sector work. Common Desktop.

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What is the Application Store (ASG)? 13 The ASG will be the online ICT Marketplace for the Public Sector “Find IT, build IT, run IT, share IT” Services in the Store will include:  G-Cloud Certified ICT Applications and solutions  Other ICT Services; PSN, Hardware, Common Desktop, Service Management etc Access to a development toolkit

There will be a Certified Zone and an Open Zone Services in the Certified Zone will have been "pre-procured” Innovation encouraged in the Open Zone Products available in a standardised, simple and low cost way whilst maintaining legal compliance. Price and Performance Rating will be visible for comparison, promoting competition and service excellence. You can search or advertise for new applications and services. Services at “Latest Best Price” 14 How will the ASG work?

Today there are hundreds of public sector data centres running to different standards;- some at capacity limits, others with unused space. 15 Data Centre Consolidation Goals Reduce to an optimum number of modern, resilient, efficient and secure data centres that may also act as infrastructure for the G-Cloud. We want to maximise the amount of consolidation to help the Public Sector achieve savings. Migrate to a highly virtualised environment – delivering: efficient server utilisation Reduced footprint Reduced power and cooling requirements Supports green agenda

Introduction to Foundation Delivery Partners Foundation Delivery Partners (FDPs) will be “Public Sector bodies who have volunteered to build the initial G- Cloud services” Services being Considered: Web Hosting and Content Management Infrastructure as a Service Public Cloud Services Collaboration Tools Secure 16

17 Re-affirmed in the new ICT Strategy Implementation plan to be published within 6 months. Delivery moved out of the Cabinet Office to MOJ. Andy Nelson to be SRO. FDP’s work to continue. G-Cloud Latest

Three Major Challenges 18 The Commercial Constructs to enable Cloud Like Procurement The Information Assurance Guidelines and Regime to allow Cloud Like Deployment The Cultural commitment to adopt the new approach involving “Cloud-like” sharing and re-use.

The Roadmap to Cloud Driving the Agenda Cabinet Office/MOJ lead to resource and build G-Cloud Implementation plan by Sept Creating Cloud Friendly Commercials ERG (formerly OGC) address commercial constructs and deliver key generic frameworks to meet needs of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Information Assurance CESG produce wide ranging guidelines that enable SIRO’s to approached shared virtualised platforms and full cloud deployments with a consistent approach. Multi-Impact level Virtualised clusters become approved. 19

The Roadmap to Cloud Virtualisation Public Sector Bodies fully implement virtualisation within their existing environments, extending the life of existing infrastructure Creating a stepping stone to later full cloud. Utility Compute Power Standardised cloud Test and Development environments, such as Vmware Foundry, become the norm for IL1-3. Public cloud delivers IL0-IL1 Utility Applications Public sector utility services become widely available: Huddle, Zimbra (both open source) within secure boundaries. 20

Any Questions? Andy Tait