Where Is Government When It Comes to Cloud in 2025?

This article distills Forrester’s 2025 findings on government cloud adoption, noting that agencies broadly embrace hybrid (80%) and multi-cloud (71%) strategies while shifting from cloud‑first for new apps to migrating existing workloads (27%). Security remains a top driver (34%), modernization of core systems is a priority (29%), and cloud‑native practices—such as distributed databases (55%)—are gaining traction. The report underscores the role of integrators and managed service providers in closing skills gaps and guiding cloud‑native operations, and highlights the rise of sovereign and industry‑specific government clouds (e.g., Azure for US Government, AWS/Oracle regulated regions, Google’s certified components, and China’s national initiatives) tailored to compliance, data residency, and mission needs.