Practical advice and guidance on your Cloud journey
The flexibility and cost advantages of the Cloud have already been well-documented. But many public sector organisations still need to persuade their management to consider the Cloud as an option to drive transformation and then to make it happen.
This webinar will reinforce the messaging from The How of the Cloud portal with references to case studies from UKTI and Hart District Council.
The webinar will supplement the key issues already highlighted on the portal and provide practical advice and guidance on Cloud adoption. It will not simply promote Cloud as a way forwards, but help organisations move to the next stage. For example, what are the key steps in Cloud adoption? How do you make the business case? What are the useful lessons learned from early adopters? What advice would successful Cloud exponents offer to other organisations? This ‘how to’ webinar will offer clear advice and a way forwards.
Presented by
David Bicknell,
Editor, Government Computing
David has over twenty five years’ experience in writing and speaking about IT. He has been Editor of Government Computing since May 2012.
Andrew Strachan,
Director, IT UKTI
Andrew is a career civil servant and has worked in UKTI at a senior level for over 10 years. He is responsible for UKTI ICT strategy, policy, and knowledge and information management. Andrew has extensive experience of IT strategy development and implementation, programme and project management and implementation of customer facing and internal ICT systems.
Andrew is currently taking forward the implementation of a Cloud based mobile office across UKTI and enhancements to UKTI’s CRM system.
Daniel Batts,
Head of Business Development, Microsoft
Daniel has worked in Microsoft for over 10 years and in the last 4 years has overseen the cloud strategy for the UK Public Sector Sales Division. As a result Microsoft was one of the first suppliers to bid on the G-Cloud Framework and receive accreditation for its public cloud services which now extends to Office 365, Azure and CRM Online. Previously Daniel worked as the Microsoft Sales Manager in the Police and Justice space, and before that worked at SAP in public sector sales. Daniel has an MBA from Henley Management College, Oxon; built trading platforms for a City stockbroker, and has a degree from the City University.
Rye Austin,
Sales Manager, CoreGB
Having joined Core Technology Systems in 2008 as a Sales Account manager, Rye quickly rose through the ranks to become Sales Manager in 2012 and is now responsible for a team of 8 people.
As well as being responsible for growth in the private sector, Rye is spearheading the Company’s current thrust into the Public Sector that has already seen Core provide Cloud based solutions for UKTI and Hart District Council.