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How should one approach cloud computing initially?
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Jackie,
One should approach the cloud with enthusiasm and careful analysis. The Cloud is not "magic pixie dust" but a way to decrease CAPEX expenses, and utilize OPEX cash flows more beneficially.
At the same time one should analyze not just the hard costs to implement the Cloud but also the soft costs associated with the care, maintenance, programming, patching; virus, phishing and malware protection, employee resourcing, management of the employees, data center SAS 70 type 2 compliances, road map to SSAE 16 compliance, redundancy, telecom infrastructure, and the company or person helping to bring this solution to the Cloud.
The bottom line savings and support you get from the Cloud can be unbelievable! And the benefits of anywhere, any connection, on any device can be incredibly efficiency enhancing. But not thinking this solution through and moving to quickly without planning can be a down fall.
Think, plan and act….and all should be accomplishable in the Cloud.
Ask yourself why you think the cloud is any better than any other form of hosting. What do you want to do with it? Why do you think it will be better than anything else? Cost is but only part of the equation. It is no good being cheaper if in reality it isn't delivering what you thought it might.
I gave a talk on this topic at Cloud Computing Expo in June 2011. I posted the video here:
http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-vizio&ei=8kixTpD6G4GslgfZ_AE&q=...
I hope you find this useful.
JPM - http://about.me/jpmorgenthal
Cloud Computing should be approached carefully and thoughtfully -- just as all other business initiatives.
There needs to be a clear understanding of what options are available, and how they line up with what the business is planning to accomplish. All the relevant risk factors need to be surfaced and considered, to ensure that appropriate mitigation can be brought to offset those risks.
Once that analysis is complete, and the business has an understanding of what can be achieved, some form of pilot testing should be performed, with clear metrics for a valid assessment.
Based on this, additional projects can be planned, or not, as appropriate for that organization.
Hopefully, this is the way all other business investments are pursued for the organization.
-ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker
For a company that is new to the world of cloud computing, it is best to start from a single software hosted on cloud. As company’s decision makers become well acquainted with the cloud computing technology and acknowledge numerous benefits that cloud computing offers, they may like to eventually shift all of their business to the cloud.
http://www.myrealdata.com/cloud-computing.html
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