Inteligencia de Negocios e IT.

1. Beyond IT:
Expert Quotes on the Business
Impact of Cloud Computing

2. Table of Contents
Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation
Growth of Security-as-a-Service
Increased Agility
Big Data Access
The Third Platform
IT is Still Key

3. This deck references business leaders and cloud
experts. Look for the “Learn More” button for the
full expert resource.
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4. It has created vast wealth for companies that seemed to
spring up overnight, and it has brushed aside corporate icons,
even entire industries, that once seemed unassailable. It
has helped topple brutal dictatorships and has brought IT
from the backroom into the boardroom, making it the
centerpiece of some of the most farsighted and successful
corporate strategies of the new millennium. It is the cloud,
and it has forever changed the way business is done.
- Joe Weinman, author of Cloudonomics
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5. The basic
benefits of
cloud
computing
are fairly
obvious…

6. The cloud offers scalability,
reduces internal hardware needs,
and allows IT to spend less time on
maintenance and upkeep.
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7. For many small businesses, it
has meant avoiding
internal hardware altogether.

8. We use MS Office365, Dropbox for all our files and host
our QuickBooks Enterprise in the cloud. We have greatly
reduced our reliance on local computers and our ability
to recover from a localized disaster is much more
protected. We don't have an office server, don't need one.
- John Kinskey, founder and president of AccessDirect
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9. However, the
impact of cloud
computing
extends far
beyond the IT
department.

10. Here’s what the
experts had to say.

11. The cloud provides business agility, enabling
companies to grow or retract IT resources on
demand.
It makes the use of all business data an
affordable reality.
The cloud empowers resource-constrained
organizations to punch above their weight.
-David Linthicum, SVP at Cloud Technology Partners
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12. Cloud Computing and
Digital Transformation

13. In a recent article on eCommerce
Times, Jeffrey Kaplan of THINKstrategies
warned that the misconception that the
cloud and IOT are separate trends from
digital transformation and mobile
communications could have serious
consequences.

14. Nearly every application that enables organizations to become
more digital is reliant on cloud services. The majority of these
applications are designed to be Software-as-a-Service
solutions. They are increasingly being built on
Platform-as-a-Service so they can be configured for specific
business processes and extended into various vertical markets.
-Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies
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15. Growth of
Security-as-a-Service

16. It's not just the IT department that benefits from cloud computing
anymore. By utilizing the cloud, companies gain increased flexibility
and scalability, not to mention it's cost-efficient (you only pay for
what you need/use). With companies paying more attention to
business flexibility (a major data loss can sink a company), the
cloud is becoming the go-to option for risk management.
- Ondrej Krehel, CTO and founder of LIFARS
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17. Increased Agility

18. The agility afforded by cloud computing now allows enterprises
to pursue new business models and also beat their competitors
to market. Historically, IT’s slow response … resulted in the business
having to gaze at the backs of many trains leaving the station
without them. Cloud computing has significantly lowered time
and cost barriers, and innovative enterprises are now driving the train.
- Jay Litkey, founder and president of Embotics
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19. Big Data Access

20. Beyond just a compliance necessity, enterprises' cloud
archives are a treasure trove of corporate knowledge.… By
leveling information silos and enabling flexible permission
management, employees can use archives as an active data
source filled with untapped business potential and the answers
to their latest business questions.
- Dan Sloshberg, product marketing director of Mimecast
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21. The Third Platform

22. Today, it’s clear that cloud computing is transforming IT.
Tomorrow, cloud computing will transform business. As what
IDC calls the Third Platform (the confluence of social, mobile,
analytics, and cloud computing) becomes more widely
deployed, innovative companies will leverage it to create new
business offerings and disrupt existing incumbents. The key
question for companies is whether they will grow skills in Third
Platform technologies quickly enough to move to the
successful end of the spectrum.
- Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy at ActiveState
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23. IT is Still Key

24. The empowering nature of the cloud – along with the low cost
and ease of deployment – leads to a ‘Shadow IT’ environment
where as-a-service offerings are sourced, deployed, and
managed by line managers rather than IT. Business gains agility,
however this disintermediation results in organizations not
getting the full transformative benefit of the cloud…. In short IT
involvement will reduce extraordinary risks from untethered
clouds and Shadow IT and help drive even better business
outcomes.
- Raju Chekuri, CEO of NetEnrich
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25. In Sum…
The forces of cloud, big data relevant products/services, mobile
and social… are advancing human progress more quickly and
more fundamentally than at any time in human history.
-Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell, Inc.
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Sources:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82164.html
http://www.cloudonomics.com/
http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=111001U9DXCC