Switching to cloud in a risk-averse culture
May 8, 2014
Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Bonnie Gardiner.
Tackling a risk-averse corporate culture is critical for companies transitioning to the cloud, says a prominent CIO. IT departments must effectively contrast their organisation’s risk appetite with the opportunities in cloud computing in order to be successful, according to Krist Davood, Group CIO, Court Services Victoria.
“It helps to influence people within the organisation as to why this is a beneficial and innovative journey to go on,” he said during his recent CeBIT presentation. “Many businesses are anchored in the past, and there are multiple reasons why they should be wary of the cloud." While people tend to talk about the technical risks that need to be mitigated, Davood claims it’s just as important to be wary of governance and culture, as success depends more on the people surrounding you, rather than just the technology…
“If you get your governance strategy right, and you get your people and organisation right, you’re halfway there. Without the right people surrounding you, you’re dead in the water,” he says…
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