Cloud Transparency should be thought of as an ongoing activity, not a one-time event. This is especially important given the dynamic nature of the Cloud computing industry where Cloud services and prices are constantly changing. The Cloud computing industry is dynamic — services, prices, and providers seeming to evolve almost every day. For businesses using…
DetailsEvery day, we’re faced with choices— from what to eat or watch on Netflix to the type of shampoo we buy, we’re faced with choices each and every day. And getting started on the Cloud is no different. Is it AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or IBM Cloud? For any business looking to move their operations…
DetailsFinding a way to compare Cloud providers can often seem like comparing apples to oranges. From afar many providers seem similar, but upon closer inspection, you quickly realize they’re entirely different species altogether. In other words, comparing Cloud providers is hard. Since the explosion of Cloud computing, providers have rapidly innovated their Cloud services with…
DetailsWith the growing market adoption of Cloud computing, demand for a formal Cloud computing strategy is increasing. We’ve identified five Cloud strategy “archetypes,” or patterns, that are emerging as the key motivators and factors driving that demand. Each of these archetypes represents a given Cloud adoption pattern that is approaching Cloud strategy differently. Strategy First…
DetailsThere is high demand for Cloud strategy expertise, and it is not surprising given the market adoption of Cloud computing. Cloud computing is entering the early mainstream phase of adoption, which means that it is gaining market share and is widely accepted as a legitimate technology model to pursue by most organizations. However, the dynamics…
DetailsIn the last blog (Blog 3), we explored the last four pieces of the Cloud Readiness Domain Model. In this final installment of the Cloud Readiness Blog Series, we provide an overview of the Cloud Readiness process and engagement model, describing how the process is performed with a Client. The Cloud Readiness Assessment Process The…
DetailsIn the last blog (Blog 2 in the series), we explored the first four elements of the Cloud Readiness Domain Model. This blog will explore the last four pieces of the Cloud Readiness Domain Model. Cloud Security Readiness Cloud security readiness focuses on the various policy and guidance, security controls and enforcement/oversight and assurance processes,…
DetailsIn part one of this series, we provided some essential context for Cloud Readiness by framing the importance of developing a Cloud strategy, and determining whether your Cloud goals and objectives were incremental in nature, with a limited scope; or transformational and targeting the entire enterprise value chain. In this post, we present the Cloud…
DetailsIntroduction Cloud readiness is a term used frequently as Cloud computing matures into early mainstream adoption. Cloud readiness refers to an organization’s relative capacity to successfully adopt Cloud computing capabilities into its organizational fabric – the culture, its business processes, into its products and services, and into its information technology (IT) capabilities. Most Cloud readiness…
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