Rethinking the Role of IT in the Cloud Transition

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Mary Shacklet
Mary Shacklet
Companies continue to follow the modern trend of partially or completely migrating their infrastructures to the cloud. Active migration to the cloud is confirmed by many studies. For example, a survey conducted by cloud solutions provider Rightscale in the middle of this year showed that:

▪ 96% of enterprises use cloud provider services;

▪ many enterprises use at least five cloud services;

▪ companies continue to increase spending on corporate public cloud services;

▪ the popularity of private cloud services is growing.

Even as enterprises migrate applications latvia whatsapp data data to the cloud, most are reluctant to part with their internal data centers. Opting for a hybrid computing infrastructure allows companies to combine architecturally distinct internal and cloud services under one roof. CIOs are certainly well aware of the speed of cloud penetration, but not all of them are ready.

How will the cloud impact the internal structure and strategic priorities of IT departments? What should CIOs do to prepare for the computing paradigm shift? Mary Shacklett, CEO of the consulting firm Transworld Data, answers these questions on the InformationWeek portal.

The challenge: Master contract management practices and learn about vendor management. Shacklett says she recently led a financial services firm through a contract review process, including reviewing warranties and service level agreements (SLAs) for each of its cloud providers. The goal was to ensure that the providers’ promises matched her expectations for disaster recovery and risk management.