UK G-Cloud program

Hey folks

Demonstrating just how visionary we were when we first conceived this group a number of years back, the core idea and structures behind it is now what the UK Government wants to do via their 'G-Cloud' program.

This is to pioneer the adoption of Cloud computing within government, but ultimately the real value driver will come from the extensive reuse of open standards, best practices and software, facilitated by Cloud methods.

• See their program here: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/g-cloud-programme-phase-2
• My blog overview: http://cloudventures.ulitzer.com/node/1716064

As you'll see it's fundamentally a marketplace they want to establish, where there will be two main components: i) A catalogue of reuseable apps and ii) a Cloud platform for distributing and deploying them.

Via other routes I'm organizing a consortium of Cloud vendors for ii), and so now I'm looking for a strategy to do i). Essentially this would correspond with the Drupal principle of distributions, but would need more robust development and management. This is the basis of the opportunity, ie there will be funding to do so.

If you're interested in joining up just shout, here or to me privately.

Cheers, Neil.