The UK Government G-Cloud is an initiative targeted at easing procurement by public-sector bodies in the United Kingdom of commodity information technology services that use cloud computing.[1] The G-Cloud consists of:
- A series of framework agreements with suppliers, from which public sector organisations can buy services without needing to run a full tender or competition procurement process
- An online store – the "Digital Marketplace" (previously "CloudStore"), which allows public sector bodies to search for services that are covered by the G-Cloud frameworks
The service began in 2012, and had several calls for contracts.[2] By May 2013 there were over 700 suppliers—over 80% of which were small and medium-sized enterprises.[3] £18.2 million (US$27.7 million) of sales were made by April 2013.[4] With the adoption of "cloud first" policy in UK in May 2013 [5] the sales have continued to grow, reportedly hitting over £50M in February 2014.[6] These are based on procurement of some 1,200 providers and 13,000 services, including both cloud services and (professional) specialist services as of November 2013.[7]
- ^ Margaret Rouse (October 2012). "G-cloud (government cloud)". Search Cloud Computing. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Peter Middleton (6 August 2013). "G-Cloud 4 Now Open". G-Cloud blog. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "Public sector told to buy IT through the cloud as G-Cloud iii goes live". Public Service. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Gary Flood (22 April 2013). "U.K. Government CloudStore Sales Spike 300% In March". Information Week. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Government adopts 'Cloud First' policy for public sector IT - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk.
- ^ "Another milestone for G-Cloud: Over £50million in sales reached - Digital Marketplace".
- ^ "Digital Marketplace". www.gov.uk.