The Organizational Impact of the Cloud
November 9, 2012
Cloud computing is about technology changing the way we do business, but this cannot be done without changing the organization. Being able to fully reap all the benefits described in my previous Wired blog post, 5 Cloud Business Benefits, organizational changes are required. Successful adoption of cloud services is about a cohesive triangle of technology, business and organization. The five most important focus areas are:
Organization
Cloud computing is most often discussed from a technical angle, but there’s much more to it! Cloud computing shouldn’t be about technology at all. I feel it should be about business value like business agility, new business models, less operational issues, better use of resources and less capital expense. When you truly look at cloud computing, most technical details are not that relevant anymore. It’s about utilizing services with predefined service descriptions at predefined service levels. But for an organization to reap the full benefit from cloud servers, organizational changes are needed. This is often overseen, but essential to understand and take action on…
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