IT
Cloud first
A stated preference for cloud services ahead of departmental infrastructure.
Plain English
A direction to consider cloud services before building or buying infrastructure of your own.
If you’re new here
First is not only. It means cloud is the option you have to rule out rather than the one you have to justify.
What they probably mean
“Explain in writing why you want your own servers.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
Moderate · 3/5
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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