Scotland's Digital Future: Scottish public sector cloud computing guidance

Principles

• cloud based solutions will be the dominant approach for the Scottish public sector
• the assessment criteria and guidance on the procurement and usage of cloud offerings that is being developed will be adopted
• utility and cloud computing is considered in assessing the appropriateness of current arrangements and future investment plans, and a shift to the cloud takes place when this is the most cost-effective option that delivers business requirements

The principles and approaches will be aligned to the development of the European Commission's European Cloud Computing Strategy ^[1] and will be kept under review and amended or supplemented as cloud computing and legislation evolves and lessons are learned from the adoption and accelerated growth within the public sector.