{"id":8696,"date":"2017-11-16T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2017-11-16T20:34:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T04:34:10","slug":"is-mission-driving-your-cloud-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/is-mission-driving-your-cloud-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mission Driving Your Cloud Strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8705\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Is-Mission-Driving-Your-Cloud-Strategy-e1510798165717.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">In working with federal agencies, we\u2019re seeing a new level of maturity in terms of the ability to use the cloud to dramatically impact mission, achieving much more than just cost savings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000\">For example, the U.S. Department of Veteran\u2019s Affairs <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstocare.va.gov\/\"><span>Access to Care<\/span><\/a><span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> allows Veterans, caregivers and the public\u00a0to access wait time and quality of care measures across the health care industry. This tool is designed with transparency in mind \u2013 taking highly complex data and making it\u00a0easily available\u00a0to Veterans and the public.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">To accelerate your agency\u2019s ability to use the cloud to drive innovation and agility for your mission in this way, you\u2019ll want to think about a refreshed plan for cloud migration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Gartner\u2019s <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/resources\/top-seven-priorities-for-us-federal-cios\/\"><span>Top Seven Priorities for U.S. Federal CIOs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"><i><span> <\/span><\/i><span>suggests the following key actions for developing a cloud migration plan:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Refresh cloud, information analytics and <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><a href=\"https:\/\/datacenters.cio.gov\/\"><span>Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI)<\/span><\/a><span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> strategies to focus on business and mission outcomes that will be relevant and meaningful to executive leadership<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Update business and mission strategies to identify where capabilities should be cloud-enabled, or could be delivered more effectively<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Implement clear guidance on when and how to move to the cloud. Explicitly address security, application integration and data quality.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span>Read more about why developing a cohesive strategy to implement cloud migration is be a top priority in <\/span><span>Gartner\u2019s <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/resources\/top-seven-priorities-for-us-federal-cios\/\"><span>Top Seven Priorities for U.S. Federal CIOs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In working with federal agencies, we\u2019re seeing a new level of maturity in terms of the ability to use the cloud to dramatically impact mission, achieving much more than just cost savings. 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