numbers?
"Just over half of UK's 43 police forces responded to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, and 13 per cent stated that none of their data and applications were "in the cloud". 71 per cent had sent anywhere between 1 and 25 per cent of workloads cloudwards, while only 4 per cent were in the 26 to 50 per cent bracket."
first of all - it is "percent" not "PER CENT" - FFS!
OK, so just over half of 43 is 22
13 percent of 22 is - 2.86 - so 3 of the forces states that none of their data and applications "were in the cloud"
71 percent of 22 is 15.62 - so 16 of the forces had sent anywhere between 1 and 25 percent of workloads cloudwards
4 percent of 22 is 0.88 - so 1 force was in the 26 to 50 percent bracket.
now, why is this surprising to anyone - to make use of cloud services, you must cover certain minimum requirements
1. You must have fast internet access everywhere - fast enough so that all the staff in the building can access the cloud and anything else they require from the internet
2. You must meet data protection requirements - ensuring that all the data stored is hosted entirely in the UK and Europe (most of the data held by the police cannot legally be held outside the UK/Europe - and come Brexit, it will all need to be held within the UK)
in addition to the above, most police forces, and other government agencies, generally only replace kit after a very long and drawn out process - it takes years for them to plan and move any applications on to new hardware - never mind implement new apps and services (one Scottish Local Council had spent at least 2 years trying to implement iPads for councillors - before changing to Surface Pro's, and the project has taken another 2 years - and is still not fully implemented)