UK Government G-Cloud: meeting its objectives?

The UK Government’s G-Cloud framework was first launched in February 2012. The difference between G-Cloud and other frameworks is that buyers pay for services as they use them rather than being tied to long-term contracts. The Cloudstore is the online marketplace where suppliers offer their services to the market via the G-Cloud framework.

Under the current iteration of G-Cloud, G-Cloud 4 (the fourth iteration),  around 1,200 suppliers are listed offering more than 13,000 services. The 5th iteration of G-Cloud (G5 Framework) goes live on 23rd May. Offerings on the framework fall under four categories of ‘Lots’: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS); Software-as-a-Service (SaaS); Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Specialist Cloud Services (SCS).

As we head towards G-Cloud 5, in this PublicSectorViews research note we analyse G-Cloud sales to date. Which suppliers are winning? Who is buying? And what is being bought? We also consider whether G-Cloud is meeting its objectives and what we can expect moving forwards.

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