Unlock the transformative power of the cloud with our expertise in technology and the public sector. A successful cloud transformation includes strategic insight, technical expertise, and a transformation engine. We bring these elements together to empower clients to deliver services with agility, security, and scalability for government operations. Embrace a future in which cloud is not just an upgrade but can also be a catalyst for unparalleled innovation in public sector services.
How we can help
Value-assuring the transformation
Assess clients’ cloud maturity across ten dimensions to identify opportunities to improve use and impact of cloud and accelerate the transformation.
Cloud service provider sourcing support
Support clients in their negotiations with cloud service providers, including demand planning, proposal response, and negotiation strategy.
Cloud financial management (FinOps)
Assist clients in optimizing their cloud spend (for example, looking at the utilization of compute and storage across workloads) and build capabilities so clients can optimally self-govern cloud spend.
Resilient foundations and architecture
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of a client’s cloud foundation and identify opportunities for improvement. Areas investigated include networking, security, identity and access management, ELMA (enterprise logging, monitoring, and analytics), DevSecOps (development, security, and operations), automation, policies, and procedures, architecture, etc.
Cloud security
Execute a comprehensive cloud security diagnostic across policies, operating model and governance, and cloud security architecture and automation to identify opportunities for improvement.
Mainframe modernization
Assess the mainframe footprint, options for modernizing, and potential benefits. Analysis includes identifying pain points coming from the mainframe, evaluating the optimal migration approaches at an application grouping level, estimating the cost and benefits, and outlining a high-level implementation road map.
Cloud maturity assessments
Assess cloud capabilities with global best practices across seven dimensions (cloud strategy, technical architecture, talent, operating model, risk and security, financial management and optimization, and value assurance).
Case studies
System consolidation
Consolidated and migrated a statewide eligibility system
We supported a state agency in consolidating three separate eligibility systems and developed a cloud migration plan, which was validated through a robust pilot to finalize cloud architecture details and derisk consolidated system performance issues. Our support helped reduce costs by $30 million and increased performance through better analytics and enhanced customer experience.
Cloud migration
Transitioned a state-level technology agency to the cloud
We transitioned a state-level integration platform from an on-premises to a cloud-native solution, improving performance, lowering costs, and increasing user satisfaction.
Cloud spending optimization
Optimized a federal agency’s cloud spend
We optimized a federal agency’s cloud spend by more than 20 percent annually through in-depth consumption pattern analysis, cocreation of standard guidelines, planning annual demand, and development of approach to sustain value.
Cloud transformation
Implemented end-to-end cloud transformation and cloud infrastructure build
We supported a large public sector financial-services organization in setting up their secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure and paved the way to migrate their application workloads to the cloud.
We also helped set up the application migration office and deployed their Infrastructure as code and security compliance as code pipelines with a focus on DevSecOps and improving the developer experience.
Featured capabilities
Candid
Candid Partners, now known as Cloud by McKinsey, enables clients to realize their strategic goals by addressing highly complex and technical business issues by delivering end-to-end cloud transformations from initial strategy, business-case development, and road mapping to designing the architecture, migrating applications, and optimizing workloads.
Featured experts
Abdallah Saleme
PartnerNew Jersey
Helps organizations develop innovative strategies and transform technology capabilities to better serve stakeholders
Ankur Ghia
Senior PartnerWashington DC
Specializes in helping public- and private-sector organizations to use technology to transform their product and service delivery,...
Charlie Lewis
PartnerConnecticut – Darien
Helps leading institutions transform the approach to cybersecurity to protect what matters most and create a secure and sustainable...
Colin Gunter
PartnerAtlanta
Skilled in helping clients leverage the capabilities of public cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, and GCP to address complex...
Gayatri Shenai
Senior PartnerNew York
Uses digital and analytics to help public- and private-sector institutions transform operational performance and improve competitive...
Hrishika Vuppala
Senior PartnerSouthern California
Leader in the global digital and analytics work for our Public Sector and Healthcare clients with a focus on driving innovative...
James Kaplan
PartnerNew York
Helps organizations transform their technology, infrastructure, and cybersecurity for lasting impact
Mike McCarthy
PartnerLondon
Helps public sector and tech suppliers develop digital services and modernize their IT
Wasim Lala
PartnerWashington DC
Helps public- and private-sector organizations build and execute their technology agenda at pace to create magic for their stakeholders...
Featured blog
Blog Post
How to find value in the cloud
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On day 4 of AWS re:Invent 2022, cloud computing professionals have demonstrated that the cloud can generate considerable value for companies. But with the macroeconomic environment becoming increasingly challenging, cloud spend has increased by 20 to 30 percent over the past year; without course correcting, CIOs may soon find their cloud programs on the chopping block.
Featured insights
Interview
Lessons from a successful cloud journey: Empathy, community, and a smart approach to value
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In this interview, the CIO and the director of infrastructure and user services group at the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) emphasize the need to place people—not only technology—at the center of cloud transformations.
Report
In search of cloud value: Can generative AI transform cloud ROI?
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New ROI analysis highlights what it takes to capture the value of cloud computing, and what role generative AI can play.
Article
The FinOps way: How to avoid the pitfalls to realizing cloud’s value
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Moving early and understanding what drives the greatest value matters the most.
Article
Projecting the global value of cloud: $3 trillion is up for grabs for companies that go beyond adoption
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New research reveals where value in the cloud lies—and details scenarios that highlight that cloud adoption alone isn’t...
Interactive
The cloud transformation engine
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Some 15 years into the cloud revolution, it’s clear that there’s tremendous value enabled by adopting cloud—more...