This document discusses why cloud computing is important and why organizations should adopt it now. It provides examples of public sector organizations in the UK that have moved to cloud-based solutions like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, and Huddle. The document also includes quotes from Chris Chant, the outgoing Director of the UK Government's G-Cloud program, about the unacceptable issues organizations face with outdated on-premise IT and the benefits cloud computing provides in allowing access from any device and improving productivity. Contact details are provided for following up.

1. Why Cloud? Why Now?
David Terrar – D2C & Intellect SaaS Group
ICAEW
30 April 2012
Chartered Accountants' Hall

3. http://www.chasminstitute.com/METHODOLOGY/TechnologyAdoptionLifeCycle/tabid/89/Default.aspx

4. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/cloud-computing-market-241-billion-in-2020/47702

6. "the fundamental interconnectedness
of all things"

8. Retrofit existing IT
Public Cloud
New business models
New connections
Use the data

9. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/mar12/03-05CloudComputingJobs.aspx

10. Chris Chant – outgoing Director of G-Cloud
"It is unacceptable not to be able to do our work from any device we choose. That's
possible, and has been for some time, and it's outrageous we can't do that.
It is unacceptable to pay, and these figures are PAC figures, up to £3,500 per person per
year for a desktop service.
It is unacceptable for your corporate desktop to take 10 minutes to boot up, and the same
amount of time to close down. But that's the truth of what goes on every day in
government IT, and I suspect public sector too.
It's unacceptable for staff to be unable to access Twitter or YouTube when they use those
services for what they do; and it's unacceptable for call centre staff not able to access the
very service they are supporting in the call centre. These all sound funny, but when you
think of the consequences of that, it's truly dreadful."

11. West Midland Ambulance Service
4,000 users – Microsoft Office 365 and Sharepoint

12. Hillingdon Borough Council
3,500 users – Google Apps for Business

13. All using Huddle for collaboration in the Cloud

14. References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm
http://www.chasminstitute.com/METHODOLOGY/TechnologyAdoptionLifeCycle/tabid/89/Default.aspx
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/cloud-computing-market-241-billion-in-2020/47702
http://www.bvp.com/cloud/bvp_cloudscape_full.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microsoft-cloud-computing-to-create-millions-of-jobs-141397243
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2012/mar12/03-05CloudComputingJobs.aspx
http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2012/apr/24/cloudstore-microsoft-office365-wes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/dec/19/hillingdon-council-google-apps
http://www.huddle.com/customers/featured-customers/
These links for reference only
Not for reading

15. Contact details
David Terrar
D2C & Intellect SaaS Group
p: +44 (0)1727 866309
m: +44 (0)7715 159423
e: dt@d2c.org.uk
w: www.d2c.org.uk
skype: david_terrar
twitter: http://twittter.com/DT @DT
linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidterrar
blog: http://biztwozero.com
http://www.intellectuk.org/ http://EuroCloud.org.uk http://cloudindustryforum.org