The government has confirmed that transition to the G-Cloud will be compulsory for departments.

Chris Chan, head of the software as a service (Saas) initiative, told the Business Cloud Summit in London that he estimated 60 percent of government decision-makers were not sure whether to take up the initiative, and 20 percent were “ready to go”.

“There’s still 20 percent that aren’t interested, however,” he said. “We know some will have to be dragged kicking and screaming, and they probably will.”