Gaining Visibility and Control of Cloud Use

A provincial government identifies hidden IT costs and risks with a Cisco cloud usage assessment.

Challenge

• Determine total cost of IT, including hidden costs of cloud consumption
• Gain visibility into risk incurred by the public cloud
• Improve cloud management and risk to meet employee requirements

Outcome

• Identified more than 220 cloud service providers, only 11 of them IT-authorized
• Demonstrated the costs and impacts of shadow IT
• Made it easier to manage risk so IT could authorize more cloud services to meet employee needs
• Helped government entity make more informed decisions and offer better services to taxpapers