The Government has published four strategies covering G-Cloud, End User Devices, ICT Capability and Greening Government: ICT. These provide the environment and approaches to radically transform the ICT landscape to create a more productive, flexible workforce that delivers digital public services in a much more cost effective way

The four strategies published link together to fully exploit the cost opportunities arising from technology developments; and to increase the capability and capacity of Government to manage its own ICT and reduce reliance on expensive consultants and contractors.

The government cloud (G-Cloud) strategy details how cloud computing can be exploited to transform the Government ICT estate into one that is agile, cost effective and sustainable. Government will adopt an approach of ‘public cloud first’ whilst recognising the requirement for secure private cloud provision in some areas.