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Interview: Government CIO John Suffolk talks about G-cloud

Interview: Government CIO John Suffolk talks about G-cloud

Interview: Government CIO John Suffolk talks about G-cloud

Date: Apr 01, 2010

The government is pursuing an ambitious cloud computing strategy to transform the IT infrastructure that supports the public sector.

Government CIO John Suffolk is leading the G-cloud programme, and in this exclusive video interview, he talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the plans.

In the video, Suffolk talks about:

What is G-cloud?
How G-cloud will be implemented and the benefits it will deliver
What G-cloud will mean for IT professionals working in the public sector
The progress made on the project so far
How G-cloud is helping to establish best practice in cloud computing
What impact the General Election might have on the strategy

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