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Cloud Computing - First Steps to Creating an Effective Strategy

Posted on Jan 24, 2013 by Infoway

2013 is all set to become one of the most defining years for cloud computing, as people are slowly adapting to the changes in the field of technology and incorporating a sort of believability in the same. While, there has been a steady increase in believability among people, the bar of expectation from these technologies in terms of delivering business value thereby, lessening the costs of operation has also risen among enterprises and the people.

Well, going ahead with cloud expectations is most likely stated to be one of the most important skills for the C-level in 2013. In such a scenario, business strategists are referred to as the best CIOs, as they get to regularly analyze what is working and what is not. Additionally, the CIOs who are standing out as strategists are also developing and constantly reviewing their cloud computing strategies for 2013. Such enterprises are mostly seen to focus on plans capitalizing the best of cloud computing alongside reducing risks to a great extent.

Creating the Best Cloud Computing Strategies - A Look at the How To's

The CIOs who are standing out as excellent strategists are seen to make use of cloud computing development to pierce through all the excitement and make the technology real from an internal efficiency, supplier, and customer standpoint. Let us have a quick look at the cloud computing planning taken up by enterprises -
  1. The technology needs to get a bit more mature for adapting to all enterprise applications; the key lies in developing a mixed IT architecture offering both security and flexibility
    For CIOs in the financial and manufacturing service industries, this particular situation is rising up as a common concern. While features like, deployment speed, subscription-based and customized models tend to attract enterprises to the world of cloud computing; problems like- integration of legacy system, licensing, and security tend to reduce the rate of adoption.

  2. Restructuring the IT for delivering greater business flexibility and supporting prime business initiatives will be of high priority in the year 2013
    Well, the onset of 2013 has thrown a tough challenge to many CIOs out there - develop a strategic plan of steady business growth. Cloud computing strategy is an important part of this, though not the primary catalyst. In such situations, the primary task is to increase sales. IT enterprises are more likely to deliver a service-driven approach in delivering information to the organizations.

  3. Employing, training, and holding onto cloud architects, engineers, service professionals, support, and developers is going to be a tough challenge even for big organizations
    To put it in simple words, there is a clear lack of talent for all the projects that are being planned at this particular stage. In such a situation, acquiring a certification in cloud computing technologies is sure to help you earn a better job prospect with around 30 to 50% increase in the salary bar. Such a developmental trend likely emerges as a good news for engineers looking forward to creating a secured state in the industry from both management and financial viewpoint.

  4. Start developing a SaaS application framework along with Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards for driving better transparency by the sellers
    According to Gartner predictions, SaaS-based cloud market is set to grow to $21.3B in 2015 from the 2013 figure of $12.1B. In such a pursuit, the primary growth factors are likely to be customization ease and deployment speed. While, CIOs already have SaaS framework in place with defined performance at specific levels including multi-tenancy audits and security, the challenge lies with proper integration of SLAs. The reason is simple, a number of vendors are quite inflexible in their approach and terms of negotiation. All that are to be ensured that the providers of cloud service and cloud management platforms (CMP) have the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 and certifications for ISO 27001.

In addition to these above-mentioned strategic approach, a few other approaches and cloud computing plans exist for enterprises looking forward to adapting to the change; a look -
  • Develop a framework of Cloud Decision for maintaining an alignment between technology evaluations and business strategies.
  • Reducing risks and responsibility through demanding needs for becoming the core strength of any cloud based company.
  • Security management design on a cloud platform along with access control and auditing in the organization.

Therefore, it is quite clear that 2013 is going to be the year of make or break in terms of cloud computing and its adoption among enterprises. The key lies in going ahead with a plan, which would further help enterprises to pierce through all the excitement and determine the deliverance of value by each provider.


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