Procurement Perspective: Fundamentals of Buying Cloud in Government

The government acquisition process is built for more traditional on-premise systems deployment. In essence, Cloud is a nothing more than a way of buying technology – but the technology doesn’t change, it’s still servers, it’s still storage, and it’s still a method for addressing the agency’s business challenges through IT. Whether buying cloud variations such as software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service, there are nuances over who is responsible for what and what is actually being purchased.

How do agencies get the budget they need to modernize legacy applications and move to the cloud? And what are the fundamental questions that help government determine the path to the cloud?

This webinar series will upon industry thought-leaders to look at the business model for buying mission support through converged cloud-based technology.

We’ll Discuss:

• Explore how agencies are preparing for cloud, and what are the greatest stumbling blocks.
• Detail procurement strategies agencies are employing to procure “as a service” cloud offerings.
• Review the fundamentals of building a business model for cloud.
• Assess the pricing models for cloud as a service, and distinctions between public and private clouds.