People, Processes and Technology: The Perfect Combination for Successful Cloud Implementations
May 26, 2014
Grazed from FutureGov. Author: Editorial Staff.
From being a buzzword, cloud computing has transitioned to become a critical and strategic component for businesses across sectors. The next step for IT decision makers is to sort through the proliferation of information to make the right choices focusing on a holistic view of all aspects within the organisation – beyond IT — that are impacted by the initiative, including people, process, and technology. Effectively defining and building a complete cloud implementation (whether private, public, or hybrid) can lead to a total business transformation marked by expedited product delivery and reduced IT costs.
Making the Right Move to the Cloud
Just like IT in general, cloud implementations are increasingly moving towards a more hybrid infrastructure. Furthermore, spanning heterogeneous infrastructures, supporting multi-vendor environments, and bridging existing business workflows to this hybrid cloud world requires open approaches such as open source—just as leading public clouds have done. But within this broad open and hybrid framework, there’s also a need to take into account the specific needs of each individual business…
Using a cloud methodology that addresses unique business needs, aligns with regulatory constraints, and optimises for individual performance, cost, and risk requirements, allows for improved speed-to-market, near-limitless scalability, cost savings, increased accessibility and reduced operating risks…
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