The U.K. government is “way behind” the U.S. in the adoption of public cloud services, according to Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce.com Inc.

Benioff, who met with U.K. Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, said the government was too focused on building its own Internet-based computing and storage services, rather than using publicly available cloud systems.

“The government should stop hiding behind the private cloud” in this way, the CEO said.