14 questions that drive cloud computing strategies in the right direction

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Harvey Koeppel.

Conduct a Google search on the phrase "What is the cloud?" and one of the first answers to pop up is ‘the cloud is just a metaphor for the Internet.’ While that statement is debatable, the bigger question is what questions CIOs should be asking to develop sound cloud computing strategies.

In the first part of this CIO Matters column, IT and business strategy expert Harvey Koeppel discussed the quagmire of technology that is dubbed the cloud and why the technology itself does not translate into cloud computing strategies. Here, he  runs through 14 cloud strategy questions that will lead CIOs to extract more business value from cloud computing…


Rather than thinking about the technology "stuff" that tends to occupy our days (and nights), enterprises and their CIOs need to be thinking about their business and operating models. Here are some alternative ways for CIOs and their teams to ask good questions and drive the conversation they need to have with their business partners about cloud computing strategies…

Read more from the source @ http://searchcio.techtarget.com/opinion/14-questions-that-drive-cloud-computing-strategies-in-the-right-direction