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To further strengthen their multi-cloud environments, agencies should begin to reshape their strategies from cloud-first to SaaS-first.
(SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). And they should consider low-code options within the SaaS and PaaS categories to limit their reliance on custom solutions.
Moving from ‘cloud first’
to ‘SaaS first’
Fortunately, IT leaders are becoming wary of the long-tail effects custom code has
on technology delivery and are moving away from such high-code or high-control
solutions. Rather, they are expressing an interest in adopting enterprise platforms for low- or no-code application development. To highlight the importance of this approach, the federal Cloud Smart policy has made low- and no-code development a key pillar in agencies’ cloud strategies.
To further strengthen their multi-cloud environments, agencies should begin to reshape their strategies from cloud-first to SaaS-first. They should consider their options in this order: 1) SaaS to replace
applications, 2) low-code PaaS to rebuild
via configuration, 3) high-control PaaS to rebuild via code and 4) IaaS, or rehosting, only if the other approaches aren’t sufficient.
Agencies get more value and less risk by choosing SaaS first, and they take on more risk and customization as they move down that decision tree.
Christopher Radich is regional vice president of public-sector digital strategy at Salesforce.
HOW CAN GOVERNMENTS
BUILD AN EFFECTIVE
CLOUD STRATEGY?
Multi-cloud environments provide the flexibility agencies need in order to scale, with the right mix of best-in-class products, quickly.
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