ACT-IAC White Paper: Practical Advice to Advance Cloud Adoption

Practical Advice to Advance Cloud Adoption
Developed by the Cloud Computing Working Group
Date Released: May 15, 2015

The Cloud-First mandate was released February 2011 with great fanfare, while adoption has proceeded much slower than expected. The ACT-IAC Cloud Computing Working Group was chartered to investigate the barriers to cloud adoption. By engaging a broad cross-section of technology, financial, and acquisition leaders from government and industry, the group identified typical challenges that slow many agencies down and developed practical advice for navigating these challenges:

• Eliminate false choices: know your real mission needs.
• Seek to standardize: special requirements mean higher costs.
• Fit for the FAR: pick your contract vehicle to match your needs.