CIO tips for cloud deployments in enterprises

Grazed from InfotechLead. Author: Editorial Staff.

IT market research agency IHS recently said the cloud will embrace more than just online storage. It will enable the market for the Internet of Things. Some of the IT vendors shared CIO tips for cloud deployments in enterprises. Enterprise CIOs need to first take a look at which applications they presently have on-premise and whether they will be able to co-exist with their cloud applications. Having a flexible infrastructure that can support both on–premise and cloud apps should be top priority, said Oracle India.

CIO tips for cloud deployments

CIOs need to have clarity on the reasons for migrating to the cloud, if such a decision is made and evaluate the service provider’s capabilities as the subject matter expert and also the authority in all decisions pertaining to IT. A cloud pilot project is a good way for an organization to evaluate cloud services to see how useful, reliable and cost-efficient they can be. A pilot project should be a non-critical application that has a limited scope, a short time frame and loosely defined estimates of its ROI…

When it comes to Cloud computing, security and compliance are key priorities in evaluating cloud vendors. Any organization is accountable to regulators, business partners, customers, and employees. Thus, a cloud computing vendor should have a comprehensive and technically sound approach to a defense in depth security program. CIOs should make an effort to map their needs for security controls (such as accountability, privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability) to the vendor’s capabilities…

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