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“Cloud computing has brought about a step change in the economics and sustainability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled service provision. Government is committed to the adoption of cloud computing and delivering computing resources to users as needed (an on-demand delivery model). By exploiting innovations in cloud computing we will transform the public sector ICT estate into one that is agile, cost effective and environmentally sustainable.” – Government Cloud Strategy

In the second post we talked about maturing our adoption of cloud and enforcing standards through our centralised platform team. As we wanted to deliver innovative products faster, the centralised cloud platform team accelerated the deployment cadence of the product teams using AWS services, and […]

Cloud adoption at DVLA – growing our maturity

July 2020

In the first post we looked back at the start of our cloud adoption journey. Although we had proven the value of adopting cloud, our approach was not sustainable in the long term, and we knew we had to make changes as we matured. […]

How to select the perfect IT outsourcing partner

July 2020

IT has traditionally been outsourced by the public sector, but the results of this have been mixed to say the least. The ‘your mess for less’ model can work poorly; and while a static, routine service can benefit from providers’ economies of scale, these always […]

Cloud adoption at DVLA – in the beginning

June 2020

Background Cloud adoption is now mainstream, but making the move to cloud when you have a significant on-premises estate can be challenging. This is the first in a series of blog posts looking back at how DVLA adopted cloud, how this has evolved over the […]

How planners can work with the cloud in this environment

April 2020

The current extraordinary situation we find ourselves in has overtly demonstrated the need for those in procurement to rethink the questions that get asked about business continuity. It’s normally a dry and dull subject tucked away at the back of the tender documents, which is […]