Cloud migration may have started out as a cheaper, more effective way for federal agencies to store and manage data, but it’s evolved into much more in the past decade. The efficiencies inherent in cloud platforms have allowed agencies to put their data to use in new ways that are changing the nature of work. Cloud is the foundation of technologies like robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and the Internet of Things. It’s also facilitating the fundamental changes in the way federal employees work, making the recent massive shifts to telework possible and enhancing collaboration throughout organizations. Across government, agencies come to cloud for the savings, and stay for the possibilities.

Learn more in Deloitte’s Government Trends 2020 report.

Agencies making the move to the cloud have found that one cloud provider simply can’t provide all the services they need to accomplish their goals. But it’s possible to go too far in the other direction as well. Cloud sprawl can make it difficult for agencies to manage their various cloud applications and precludes visibility across the enterprise. Agencies need a holistic approach that allows them to standardize policies, procedures, governance and workflows across their cloud environments.

Read the full Wall Street Journal article, “Rx for Cloud Sprawl: Multicloud Management”.