Will Cloud Computing Enable or Undermine Public Sector IT Climate Change?

Publication Date	May 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	32
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00849

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Summary

A climate change is under way in public sector IT, with a renewed focus on cutting the costs of the back-office activities like IT. Consolidation and standardisation of commodity IT infrastructure and the creation of shared services are 'in'. Conveniently, these are the themes of cloud computing. The cloud provides new options for sourcing and managing IT and for stimulating the IT industry. Alternatively, however, it can accelerate fragmented, ad hoc sourcing of IT services by individual agencies and suck a country's IT industry offshore. Public sector IT executives need to keep a weather eye on the clouds.

Content

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Competitive environment
Key competitors
Unisys' differentiators
Structure
Overview
Products and services
Overview
Strategy analysis
Strategy objectives
Focus: concentrate resources on fewer markets and offerings
Service quality: creating a clear and differentiated value proposition
Cost efficiency: driving cost efficiency across operations
Restructuring: simplify organisational structure
Strategy execution
Focus: concentrate resources on fewer markets and offerings
Service quality: creating a clear and differentiated value proposition
Cost efficiency: driving cost efficiency across operations
Simplify organisational structure
Future outlook
Financial analysis
Group analysis
Segment analysis
List of Tables
- Table 1: Unisys key financial indicators
- Table 2: Unisys segment analysis
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Unisys organisational structure