1. Cloud for Public Sector Efficiency
and Innovation
Global and Local Perspectives
Arthur Riel
February 14, 2013
This material is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or
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2. What is Cloud?
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Servers
Storage
Networks
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
SharePoint
Mobile Development Platform
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Salesforce
Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter
Amazon: Store in the cloud?
3. Hype versus Reality
Vendors love hype cycles
gmail versus hotmail
twitter versus electronic bulletin boards
Agile software development
IAAS is the kernel of truth for the benefits of cloud
Virtualization and commoditization of hardware is a
game changer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) Case Study
4. Leveraging the Cloud for the Public
Sector
Allows government teams to focus on solutions rather
than hardware acquisition
If clean data underlies the offering it is much more
valuable
Challenge: Governments tend to measure IT value in the
value of hard assets on their books. Data and solutions
are much more valuable, but less tangible.
Challenge: Cloud services are typically not capitalizable
Allows countries with poor infrastructure to have reliable
data centers with backups. Only constraint is internet
access, and mobility is eliminating that as well.
5. Cloud as a Mechanism for Mobility
Innovative countries are looking to the cloud as
the base for mobility, circumventing the internet
Agricultural extension services
Q&A
Weather forecasting
Harvest dates
yield estimates
Crop commodity pricing
Crowd Sourcing
Power outage mappings
Natural disaster
World bank project tracking
