AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2011 Awards: Fast Track Solutions
RECIPIENT:
Michigan - MiCloud Automated Hosting Service
In late 2010, Michigan technology executives faced an important crossroads. Many of our services were too expensive, and we were too slow to deliver. Our Governor-elect, Rick Snyder, promised to “reinvent” Michigan, emphasizing agile technology as a key enabler. Although IT service quality, performance and security were excellent, bold new action was required.
Fiscal pressures and emerging options demanded fast-track solutions. Michigan’s goal was to develop a rapid service transformation capability to address a broad range of fast-track issues, and after development, use this capability to reinvent core IT services in multiple jurisdictions in Michigan. Cloud computing offered savings, pervasive supplier advocacy, promising federal models and new solutions.
MiCloud results:
- Web-based provisioning of virtual machines (VMs) in 30 minutes.
- A secure, compliant IT service that meets deadlines within financial constraints.
- Business value exceeding public cloud offerings by leveraging fiber backbone speeds and co-location of data with compute.
The MiCloud project approach was created to drive agency business transformation (ABT) projects. The Automated Hosting (AH) service transformation became the catalyst for all fast-track ABT projects, by reducing uncertainty, complexity, dependency, and risk.
The AH approach improved service delivery beyond application hosting, by automating routine, costly and error-prone manual tasks. The AH solution enables multi-sourcing and rapid, low-cost re-sourcing, while preventing vendor lock-in.
The team did not request capital expenditures. AH breaks barriers to consolidation, standardization, virtualization and optimization through innovation. AH delivered immediate budget relief with an enterprise service that supports legacy application modernization, consolidation and infrastructure optimization.
Agencies gain the freedom to take risks, to succeed or fail quickly, and then move on. Organizations that adopt the AH project approach and/or the AH solution will replicate Michigan’s success. Citizens and businesses enjoy service innovations sooner and appreciate the value for money delivered as tax payers.
The light-weight AH solution delivers VMs 99.9 percent faster and costs 75 percent less to operate. The total project cost was $118,329. The project payback occured in September 2011. By December 2011, the ROI will equal 248 percent.
These outstanding results transform alternatives analysis efforts and break dependencies between production support and development. This agile capability enables the State of Michigan decision makers to accelerate innovation in government service delivery.
FINALISTS:
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California
California Mobile Development Program
Virginia
Gas and Oil Board Escrow Estimator
OTHER NOMINATIONS:
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Kentucky
Kentucky State Level Repository (KYSLR)
Massachusetts
myWorkspace, a fast-track solution.
Oregon
Unemployment Insurance - Virtual Hold
Utah
Utah Broadband Mapping and
Planning Project
