Adopting Cloud Computing is Not Enough

Grazed from Midsize Insider. Author: Shawn Drew.

The cloud is often touted as the solution to so many IT problems, or if nothing else, the future of IT. While these statements may only be slightly exaggeratory, more and more companies are getting disillusioned by their cloud experiences. New research is beginning to find reasons why many company’s ROI isn’t what it should be and finds that how IT thinks about the cloud plays a powerful role.

Cloud Management

It is entirely the fate of IT managers these days to be forced into adopting solutions that they may only slightly understand. Such is the case with many IT departments and cloud computing, a technology so hot right now that failing to enter into the cloud is likely to put a company at a disadvantage…

The reality, however, is that simply adopting a cloud solution is far from enough. New research shows that many companies that are struggling to get ROI from their cloud solutions are flailing because of a lack of management on the back end. A new study by Bluewolf, called "The State of Salesforce 2012-2013 Annual Review," looked at 300 Salesforce users to see how they were progressing with the product. According to this IT Pro article, the results showed that while the cloud had a ton of benefits to offer companies, up to 80 percent of companies are leaving money on the table due to the lack of a definitive cloud strategy…

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