This document lays out the principles and decision criteria for employing “cloud first” services in specific instances and differentiates the different service and delivery models that may be appropriate for different application scenarios. Given the state of the industry, Colorado’s IT infrastructure and footprint, and the opportunities that are available, Colorado is proceeding with a “cloud first” policy, mirroring the Federal government’s cloud policy. To that end, Colorado is making a deliberate and explicit policy to “cloud first” services. The State will proceed with the presumption that new services, applications and major revisions to existing applications will be supported in a cloud based environment first, unless there are substantive reasons why they should be hosted on the State’s private infrastructure.

The Office of Information Technology has six strategic priorities. We envision that these priorities will be in place for the long-term. What will change from year to year are the initiatives that we choose to pursue for each priority. The playbook describes OIT's plans for each of the priorities in FY14 and beyond as well as what we plan to specifically achieve this fiscal year.

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The Mobile First Strategy will align State of Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT) resources, designs, and applications around mobile platforms first, web browsers and other technology platforms secondly.

The Compass: Enterprise Architecture 2011-2014 Technology Roadmap is a living document that will be reviewed on a quarterly basis and updated as necessary. The goal of a living document is to obtain feedback from OIT agency partners and other functional area teams within the organization in an ongoing and collaborative way.

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is the author primary author of The Compass: Enterprise Architecture 2011-2014 Technology Roadmap. The CTO Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team will support the CTO in making quarterly updates,