The UK government’s Cloud First policy advises that all public sector organisations should consider cloud solutions above all else when procuring new or existing services. But despite these guidelines, figures released this week show amongst UK police forces less than one third (29%) are currently accessing and managing their data in public clouds. In addition, the majority (71%) of responding forces currently store less than a quarter of their data and applications in a cloud environment, with an additional one in ten (13%) stating that none of their data and applications are stored ‘in the cloud’. Read more here on open access government.
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