This document summarizes Rocco Labellarte's presentation on implementing cloud computing at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council. The presentation outlines the process of building a business case for cloud computing, including recognizing needs, establishing a strategy, getting stakeholder buy-in, and ensuring costs are justified. It then discusses delivering meaningful outcomes through cloud services, as well as less obvious obstacles. The presentation concludes by sharing lessons learned, such as how an aging infrastructure helped the business case, the value of in-house expertise, and details that require attention during implementation.

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Rocco Labellarte – Head of Technology and Change Delivery
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council
Cloud Control:
Implementing Cloud Computing

2. The Process, The Timeline
Recognise a need
Establish a strategy
Get people on-board
Ensure costs stack up
Identify mature suppliers
Deliver

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Building The Business Case
NO LONG-TERM
CONTRACT
TIE-INS
LIMITED
INVESTMENT
CAPITAL
AN
AGEING
INFRASTRUCTURE

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Building The Business Case
TRANSLATE
TECHOLOGY INTO
WHAT CUSTOMERS
WANT
BREAK THE
STRATEGY DOWN
INTO MEANINGFUL
OUTCOMES
BE VERY PRECISE
ON WHAT YOU
WILL DELIVER
AND BY WHEN

5. Meaningful Outcomes
COLLABORATION
& PRODUCTIVITY
SOFTWARE
SERVER
VIRTUALISATION
LEGACY
APPLICATION
PACKAGING
OFFICE WI-FI
4G MOBILE
TELEPHONY
PaaS: Cloud
Telephony
IaaS: IL2 / IL3
HOSTING
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VIRTUAL DESKTOP
& REMOTE ACCESS
PSN
SECURI
TY
SaaS & Application
Consolidation

6. Less Obvious Obstacles
Architectural design considerations, security, firewall
proliferation, operating system constraints,
legacy software compatibility, Java versions,
affordable skills, data separation, interfaces, capital
versus revenue, contract negotiations, like-for-like
comparisons, political priorities, the day job…
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7. A Few Lessons Learnt
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 An ageing infrastructure really helps make the case financially
 In-house expertise is worth it’s weight in gold (& less
expensive)
 Application rationalisation would have slowed progress down
Professor Dev Ops

8. A Few More Lessons Learnt
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 Some providers are tuned into the Cloud, others are still not
 BYOD can be a can of worms and a licensing headache
 We thought we were secure; now we know we are secure

9.  G-Cloud makes things simpler, but not simple
 The devil is in the detail (read the small print)
 Projects takes time (the day job, and politics, get in the way)
Even More Lessons Learnt
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10. Some Of The Practical Benefits
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Smarter Working practices for staff
Better Connected solutions for customers
Lower Operating Costs for the council

11. What Next?
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