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SolarWinds’ recent FOI request. However,
security and compliance also remain
concerns for central government as well as
the MOD, although at a much lower 39%.
The NHS, central government, and the
MOD have all previously made significant
investments in infrastructures, which
have inadvertently created a legacy
technology environment. Up to this point,
this technology has been invaluable in
digitalisation, but it now forms a barrier to
public cloud adoption for 65% of central
government organisations and 57% of
NHS trusts.
Existing licences for vendor-specific
solutions are creating a sense of vendor
lock-in, as organisations feel they need to
justify their previous investment before
adopting cloud technology.
While this may be cost-effective in the short
term, in the long term it could be a costly
strategy. This i