The adoption of Cloud technologies in the public sector is not very different from private one. The main issues followed in the public sector are the reduction of costs and the increase of the quality of services supplied by Cloud platforms. Having such major benefits, noticed or estimated, the European Commission proposed the Cloud technologies for economic development and reduction of negative impact on environment of economic activities. Thus, in order to stimulate the development of Cloud 3 major actions may be undertaken:    Standardization of the series of data and informational applications Adjusting the terms and conditions for contracts Determining a partnership for European Cloud which supports innovation and development in the public sector 2.3.3 National context Cloud Computing Approach in Romania Cloud computing has several advantages which also Romanian Government and public authorities can benefit from. Therefore, we have looked to the couple of European countries who already adopted cloud computing in the public sector or are planning to do so. As a conclusion, the dominant cloud computing deployment model in those countries is a so-called G-Cloud (Governmental Cloud), a private or community cloud especially designed for national governmental use. The Governmental Cloud has a double role. The first issue refers to the relation of governments with citizens in the eGovernment context. But there is also a secondary issue, equally important, related to determining a technical work frame for the interoperability of governmental organizations. The concept of governmental Cloud approaches both issues combining a particular concept of a hybrid Cloud with an area of public Cloud for citizens and an area of private Cloud for interoperability. In the context of eGovernment and creation of an interoperability frame in the space of public services the governmental Cloud is a versatile infrastructure of support which presents certain indisputable technological advantages such as:    Lower operation costs Necessary optimized of human resources flexible infrastructure adjusted to changes in the context of a faster launch of eGovernment services 2.3.4 Strategic Lines of Development Strategic Lines of Development for Cloud Computing in Romania Strategic Lines of Development Lines of Actions Description Creation of a safe and scalable IT infrastructure, common to all organizations of public sector Consolidation of the Acquisition Process for the Public Institutions IT Infrastructure The pattern changes the manner by which IT products, infrastructure and services are purchased, managed and used independently by the organizations of public institutions, by using common elements of infrastructure which reduce (Enabler) Page 52 of 172

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