The collapse of UKCloud in October 2022 spotlighted critical vulnerabilities in the UK government's cloud hosting strategy. During a recent Public Accounts Committee hearing, Andrew Forzani, chief commercial officer in the Cabinet Office, detailed how the liquidation of the local provider instigated substantial business continuity issues for government operations. While acknowledging the competition from larger cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft Azure, Forzani indicated that the push for local alternatives led to significant disruptions in service reliability and highlighted a concerning dependency on dominant vendors.
In October 2022, a local cloud provider's collapse led to significant business continuity challenges for the UK government, underlining issues in cloud supplier reliability.
Andrew Forzani mentioned the UK government's struggles with continuity issues after a local cloud provider's liquidation, revealing concerns about reliance on dominant cloud vendors.
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