Models of adopting cloud computing in the e-government context: a review

Governments and public sector agencies are continuously looking for ways to improve their services. Therefore, there is a need for restructuring processes and effectively using technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the business operations. Cloud computing is one of recent technological trends that support these efforts. It is a new type of sourcing model in which computing services are provided as a utility over the Internet. This paper analyzes the benefits and challenges of cloud computing over e-government systems. It reviews the existing literature on the proposed models of cloud computing adoption in the context of e-government. Further, this paper critically analyzes and classifies these models to different categories

Designing and delivering public services on the cloud

Cost and complexity are currently the most substantial obstacles for designing and delivering services in the public sector. The traditional in-house development and maintenance landscape of public services require experts from diverse domains, various technologies and complex on-premise infrastructure, etc. The high upfront cost and complexity impede the proliferation of Information Technology (IT) within the domain of public sector. It is the aim of this research project to deliver a cloud based platform that allows non IT-experts to customize prefabricated and reusable public services by parameterizing them. This customization revolves around reference guidelines that accommodate a methodology in a consistent manner