1) The survey found that financial services firms are adopting cloud technologies faster than other industries, with almost half already using private clouds.
2) Financial services firms see cloud adoption not just as a new IT delivery method, but as a key enabler for business model innovation and new revenue streams.
3) The survey identified workloads that are well-suited for financial services cloud projects, including ERP applications, desktops, help desks, and data analytics in private clouds, and conferencing, communications, and storage in public clouds.
: Cloud processing is turning into an inexorably mainstream endeavor demonstrate in which figuring assets are made accessible on-request to the client as required. The one of a kind incentivized offer of distributed computing makes new chances to adjust IT and business objectives. Distributed computing utilizes the web advancements for conveyance of IT-Enabled abilities 'as an administration' to any required clients i.e. through distributed computing we can get to anything that we need from anyplace to any PC without agonizing over anything like about their stockpiling, cost, administration etc. In this paper, I give a far-reaching study on the inspiration variables of receiving distributed computing, audit the few cloud sending and administration models. It additionally investigates certain advantages of distributed computing over customary IT benefit environment-including versatility, adaptability, decreased capital and higher asset usage are considered as appropriation explanations behind distributed computing environment. I additionally incorporate security, protection, and web reliance and accessibility as shirking issues. The later incorporates vertical versatility as specialized test in cloud environment.
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This paper will discuss how cloud is helping enterprises, governments and industries around the globe meet their current challenges through key value drivers.
: Cloud processing is turning into an inexorably mainstream endeavor demonstrate in which figuring assets are made accessible on-request to the client as required. The one of a kind incentivized offer of distributed computing makes new chances to adjust IT and business objectives. Distributed computing utilizes the web advancements for conveyance of IT-Enabled abilities 'as an administration' to any required clients i.e. through distributed computing we can get to anything that we need from anyplace to any PC without agonizing over anything like about their stockpiling, cost, administration etc. In this paper, I give a far-reaching study on the inspiration variables of receiving distributed computing, audit the few cloud sending and administration models. It additionally investigates certain advantages of distributed computing over customary IT benefit environment-including versatility, adaptability, decreased capital and higher asset usage are considered as appropriation explanations behind distributed computing environment. I additionally incorporate security, protection, and web reliance and accessibility as shirking issues. The later incorporates vertical versatility as specialized test in cloud environment.
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A Proposed Model for Improving Performance and Reducing Costs of IT Through C...neirew J
Information technologies are affecting the big business enterprises of todays from data processing and
transactions to achieve the goals efficiently and effectively, affecting creates new business opportunities
and towards new competitive advantage, service must be enough to match the recent trends of IT such as
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology has provided all IT services. Therefore, cloud computing
offers an alternative to adaptable with technology model current , creating reducing cost (Fixed costs and
ongoing), the proliferation of high speed Internet connections through Rent, not acquisitions, cheaper
powerful computing technology and effective performance. The public and private clouds are characterized
by flexibility, operational efficiency that reduces costs improve performance. Also cloud computing
generates business creativity and innovation resulted from collaborative ideas of users; presents cloud
infrastructure and services; paving new markets; offering security in public and private clouds; and
providing environmental impact regarding utilizing green energy technology. In this paper, the main
concentrate the cloud computing.
A PROPOSED MODEL FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND REDUCING COSTS OF IT THROUGH C...ijccsa
Information technologies are affecting the big business enterprises of todays from data processing and
transactions to achieve the goals efficiently and effectively, affecting creates new business opportunities
and towards new competitive advantage, service must be enough to match the recent trends of IT such as
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology has provided all IT services. Therefore, cloud computing
offers an alternative to adaptable with technology model current , creating reducing cost (Fixed costs and
ongoing), the proliferation of high speed Internet connections through Rent, not acquisitions, cheaper
powerful computing technology and effective performance. The public and private clouds are characterized
by flexibility, operational efficiency that reduces costs improve performance. Also cloud computing
generates business creativity and innovation resulted from collaborative ideas of users; presents cloud
infrastructure and services; paving new markets; offering security in public and private clouds; and
providing environmental impact regarding utilizing green energy technology. In this paper, the main
concentrate the cloud computing.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Recent IDC case study features IBM SoftLayer German customer pixx.io and explains how pixx.io (a solution provider for the media industry) has leveraged IBM Cloud to create a hybrid media sharing service.
Pixx.io talked to a number of suppliers including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hosteurope and Rackspace, before it met an IBM SoftLayer representative at an exhibition.
Back then, IBM Softlayer was in the process of opening up its datacentre facility in Frankfurt – which was going to be operational in December 2014.
After a comparison of capabilities versus the other providers it was the data location aspect - combined with the strong customer engagement from the start - that played a deciding role in the initial supplier selection." [...] Interestingly, IBM Softlayer was not the cheapest of the options that pixx.io had evaluated, but when comparing the overall value of the solution, including especially the support in setting up the services, the offering presented definitely the best value for money, according to pixx.io."
There are five disruptive forces shaping IT today, but none has more wide-ranging impact on all enterprises than the emergence of cloud as a preferred means of service delivery. This article discusses the cloud industry and how WGroup can help give client a competitive advantage using a service delivery strategy and new IT operating models.
In the context of the 4.0 revolution, technology applications, especially cloud computing will have strong impacts on all areas, including accounting systems of enterprises. Cloud computing contributes to helping the enterprise accounting apparatus become compact, help automate the input process, improve the accuracy of the input data. Besides, the issur of accounting, reporting, risk control and information security also became better, contributing to improving the effectiveness of accounting. However, besides the positive impacts, businesses also face many difficulties in deploying and applying cloud computing. However, this application requirement will become an inevitable trend contributing to improving the operational efficiency of enterprises. To promote this process requires from the State as well as businesses themselves must have awareness and appropriate decisions. Breakthroughs in information technology have dramatically changed the accounting industry and the creation of financial statements. The Internet and the technologies that use the power of the Internet are playing an important role in the management and accounting activities of businesses - who always tend to be ready to receive and use public innovations technology in collecting, storing, processing and reporting information.
Exploring a Cloud Based Approach to IT InfrastructureReadWrite
A key part of cloud-based information technology is the ability to deliver benefits to the business and to the overall technology infrastructure for the organization.
This briefing explores the ways to build a cloud-based IT infrastructure that allows for a dynamic environment that supports business needs.
In recent years, cloud computing environments have been gaining popularity. In the IBM Global CIO Study 2009, when asked about their most important visionary initiatives, cloud computing was cited by more than one-third of CIOs as being among the most important.
A Proposed Model for Improving Performance and Reducing Costs of IT Through C...neirew J
Information technologies are affecting the big business enterprises of todays from data processing and
transactions to achieve the goals efficiently and effectively, affecting creates new business opportunities
and towards new competitive advantage, service must be enough to match the recent trends of IT such as
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology has provided all IT services. Therefore, cloud computing
offers an alternative to adaptable with technology model current , creating reducing cost (Fixed costs and
ongoing), the proliferation of high speed Internet connections through Rent, not acquisitions, cheaper
powerful computing technology and effective performance. The public and private clouds are characterized
by flexibility, operational efficiency that reduces costs improve performance. Also cloud computing
generates business creativity and innovation resulted from collaborative ideas of users; presents cloud
infrastructure and services; paving new markets; offering security in public and private clouds; and
providing environmental impact regarding utilizing green energy technology. In this paper, the main
concentrate the cloud computing.
A PROPOSED MODEL FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND REDUCING COSTS OF IT THROUGH C...ijccsa
Information technologies are affecting the big business enterprises of todays from data processing and
transactions to achieve the goals efficiently and effectively, affecting creates new business opportunities
and towards new competitive advantage, service must be enough to match the recent trends of IT such as
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology has provided all IT services. Therefore, cloud computing
offers an alternative to adaptable with technology model current , creating reducing cost (Fixed costs and
ongoing), the proliferation of high speed Internet connections through Rent, not acquisitions, cheaper
powerful computing technology and effective performance. The public and private clouds are characterized
by flexibility, operational efficiency that reduces costs improve performance. Also cloud computing
generates business creativity and innovation resulted from collaborative ideas of users; presents cloud
infrastructure and services; paving new markets; offering security in public and private clouds; and
providing environmental impact regarding utilizing green energy technology. In this paper, the main
concentrate the cloud computing.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Recent IDC case study features IBM SoftLayer German customer pixx.io and explains how pixx.io (a solution provider for the media industry) has leveraged IBM Cloud to create a hybrid media sharing service.
Pixx.io talked to a number of suppliers including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hosteurope and Rackspace, before it met an IBM SoftLayer representative at an exhibition.
Back then, IBM Softlayer was in the process of opening up its datacentre facility in Frankfurt – which was going to be operational in December 2014.
After a comparison of capabilities versus the other providers it was the data location aspect - combined with the strong customer engagement from the start - that played a deciding role in the initial supplier selection." [...] Interestingly, IBM Softlayer was not the cheapest of the options that pixx.io had evaluated, but when comparing the overall value of the solution, including especially the support in setting up the services, the offering presented definitely the best value for money, according to pixx.io."
There are five disruptive forces shaping IT today, but none has more wide-ranging impact on all enterprises than the emergence of cloud as a preferred means of service delivery. This article discusses the cloud industry and how WGroup can help give client a competitive advantage using a service delivery strategy and new IT operating models.
In the context of the 4.0 revolution, technology applications, especially cloud computing will have strong impacts on all areas, including accounting systems of enterprises. Cloud computing contributes to helping the enterprise accounting apparatus become compact, help automate the input process, improve the accuracy of the input data. Besides, the issur of accounting, reporting, risk control and information security also became better, contributing to improving the effectiveness of accounting. However, besides the positive impacts, businesses also face many difficulties in deploying and applying cloud computing. However, this application requirement will become an inevitable trend contributing to improving the operational efficiency of enterprises. To promote this process requires from the State as well as businesses themselves must have awareness and appropriate decisions. Breakthroughs in information technology have dramatically changed the accounting industry and the creation of financial statements. The Internet and the technologies that use the power of the Internet are playing an important role in the management and accounting activities of businesses - who always tend to be ready to receive and use public innovations technology in collecting, storing, processing and reporting information.
Exploring a Cloud Based Approach to IT InfrastructureReadWrite
A key part of cloud-based information technology is the ability to deliver benefits to the business and to the overall technology infrastructure for the organization.
This briefing explores the ways to build a cloud-based IT infrastructure that allows for a dynamic environment that supports business needs.
In recent years, cloud computing environments have been gaining popularity. In the IBM Global CIO Study 2009, when asked about their most important visionary initiatives, cloud computing was cited by more than one-third of CIOs as being among the most important.
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Cloud Computing for Banking
What does the future of cloud computing for banking look like—both in the near and long terms? Accenture sees cloud computing as an important step in the continuing industrialization of IT and thus capable of ultimately playing a key role in enabling high performance.
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There is currently a 30percent/ 70percent split between public and private cloud engagements; however, over the next two years, respondents see the use of data and information produced by cloud customers more than doubling, with a corresponding decrease in exclusive internal use.
Cloud computing is architecture for providing
computing service via the internet on demand and pay per use
access to a pool of shared resources namely networks, storage,
servers, services and applications, without physically acquiring
them. So it saves managing cost and time for organizations. The
market size the cloud computing shared is still far behind the one
expected. From the consumers’ perspective, cloud computing
security concerns, especially data security and privacy protection
issues, remain the primary inhibitor for adoption of cloud
computing services. The security for Cloud Computing is
emerging area for study and this paper provide security topic in
terms of cloud computing based on analysis of Cloud Security
treats and Technical Components of Cloud Computing
An Efficient MDC based Set Partitioned Embedded Block Image CodingDr. Amarjeet Singh
In this paper, fast, efficient, simple and widely used
Set Partitioned Embedded bloCK based coding is done on
Multiple Descriptions of transformed image. The maximum
potential of this type of coding can be exploited with discrete
wavelet transform (DWT) of images. Two correlated
descriptions are generated from a wavelet transformed image
to ensure meaningful transmission of the image over noise
prone wireless channels. These correlated descriptions are
encoded by set partitioning technique through SPECK coders
and transmitted over wireless channels. Quality of
reconstructed image at the decoder side depends upon the
number of descriptions received. More the number of
descriptions received at output side, more enhance the quality
of reconstructed image. However, if any of the multiple
description is lost, the receive can estimate it exploiting the
correlation between the descriptions. The simulations
performed on an image on MATLAB gives decent
performance and results even after half of the descriptions is
lost in transmission.
Swiftly increasing demand of computational
calculations in the process of business, transferring of files
under certain protocols and data centers force to develop an
emerging technology cater to the services for computational
need, highly manageable and secure storage. To fulfill these
technological desires cloud computing is the best answer by
introducing various sorts of service platforms in high
computational environment. Cloud computing is the most
recent paradigm promising to turn around the vision of
“computing utilities” into reality. The term “cloud
computing” is relatively new, there is no universal agreement
on this definition. In this paper, we go through with different
area of expertise of research and novelty in cloud computing
domain and its usefulness in the genre of management. Even
though the cloud computing provides many distinguished
features, it still has certain sorts of short comings amidst with
comparatively high cost for both private and public clouds. It
is the way of congregating amasses of information and
resources stored in personal computers and other gadgets
and further putting them on the public cloud for serving
users. Resource management in a cloud environment is a
hard problem, due to the scale of modern data centers, their
interdependencies along with the range of objectives of the
different actors in a cloud ecosystem. Cloud computing is
turning to be one of the most explosively expanding
technologies in the computing industry in this era. It
authorizes the users to transfer their data and computation to
remote location with minimal impact on system performance.
With the evolution of virtualization technology, cloud
computing has been emerged to be distributed systematically
or strategically on full basis. The idea of cloud computing has
not only restored the field of distributed systems but also
fundamentally changed how business utilizes computing
today. Resource management in cloud computing is in fact a
typical problem which is due to the scale of modern data
centers, the variety of resource types and their inter
dependencies, unpredictability of load along with the range of
objectives of the different actors in a cloud ecosystem.
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
Objective Clause: This clause delineates the main objectives for which the company is formed. It's important to define these objectives clearly, as the company cannot undertake activities beyond those mentioned in this clause.
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Liability Clause: It outlines the extent of liability of the company's members. In the case of companies limited by shares, the liability of members is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares. For companies limited by guarantee, members' liability is limited to the amount they undertake to contribute if the company is wound up.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
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Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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Binding Authority: The company and its members are bound by the provisions of the MOA. Any action taken beyond its scope may be considered ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the company and therefore void.
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Dispelling the Vapour around Cloud for Financial services
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Dispelling the vapor
around cloud computing
in the financial services
industry
Introduction
This paper presents the results of a recent IBM survey1 which shows
Executive summary
that financial services firms are adopting cloud technologies faster than
• There are marked differences between organizations in other industries. Almost half of respondents from the
the workloads that the financial
financial sector indicated that they are already using private clouds to
services industry considers suitable for
private and public cloud deployments. deliver ERP software and virtual desktops, and more than half are
considering public clouds for these functions and for help desks, data
• Financial services firms are more likely
analytics and unified communications. What’s particularly interesting is
than firms in other industries to view the
adoption of cloud technology as a that cloud is not seen simply as a new IT delivery method, but as a key
means of creating new revenue enabler for business model innovation: one third of financial services
streams.
respondents said that a driver for cloud adoption was the creation of
• IBM has identified workloads that will new revenue streams.
most likely pose the lowest risk and
offer the highest potential return as Tower Group expects that the financial services industry will increase
cloud projects for financial services
firms. its investment in cloud computing from $4.0 billion (or 1 percent of IT
spend) in 2010 to $21.9 billion (or 5 percent) by the end of 20122.
• With a six-step strategic cloud Cloud computing is particularly attractive to organizations looking to
adoption plan, IBM can help financial
services firms achieve rapid ROI from speed service delivery and increase IT efficiencies while supporting
their cloud projects while minimizing information management, service management and service-oriented
risk. architecture (SOA) initiatives. While cloud computing offers distinct
advantages, it is not a one-size-fits-all solution: organizations must
carefully consider delivery models, workloads and infrastructure
readiness.
Cloud computing is both a user experience and a business model in
which applications, data and IT resources are provided to users as
services delivered over the network. It enables self-service, economies
of scale and flexible sourcing options. In addition, cloud computing is
an infrastructure management methodology—a way of managing large
numbers of resources, which can reside in multiple locations, so that
they resemble a single large virtualized resource. Additionally, there are
multiple cloud delivery models available—some are internal (private),
some external (public), and some are a combination of both (hybrid).
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To better understand the current rate of adoption, as well as Private clouds—IT and information resources are provided as
drivers, barriers, and considerations that are influencing the a service over a company’s intranet. Private clouds are built by
adoption of cloud computing, IBM conducted a survey of an organization for its own users, and everything is delivered
1,090 IT and line-of-business decision makers around the within the organization’s firewall. The private cloud owner
world, including participants from 161 financial institutions. does not share resources with other entities, so sharing the
This white paper contains the findings of the survey, and same physical hardware (known as multi-tenancy) is not a
provides a perspective for the financial services industry concern. Private clouds are better suited to analytical and
regarding key steps and considerations for the adoption of transactional workloads such as data warehouses, data mining,
cloud computing. The findings validate that many business continuity/data recovery, and industry-specific
organizations are now considering cloud computing—with applications, where the emphasis is on performance and where
most of the financial services sector respondents currently data security is an important issue.
favoring a private cloud delivery model.
Hybrid clouds—the external and internal service delivery
Survey scope and definitions methods are integrated. Rules and policies are established by
Those surveyed included IT and line-of-business decision the organization based on factors such as security needs,
makers across the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Germany, the criticality and underlying architecture, so that activities and
UK, Japan, China and India. In addition to the financial tasks are allocated to external or internal resources as
services industry, respondents represented a variety of other appropriate. The use of hybrid clouds enables the balance
industries, including public sector, communications and between cost, security and performance to be optimized.
distribution. The survey addressed three aspects of cloud
computing: While 73 percent of financial services respondents said they
were already familiar with the internal and external (private
• Sourcing choices: adoption or consideration of cloud delivery and public cloud) delivery models described in the survey,
models, plus drivers behind and barriers to adoption there was a broad spread of terms that respondents associated
• Workload considerations: public and private cloud preferences with these delivery methods. 29 percent of financial services
categorized by the key types of computing required respondents selected “cloud computing” as the term that best
• Service delivery: considerations for the provisioning, described the delivery models, with 23 percent opting for
consumption, maintenance and measurement of cloud “hosting.” Other choices included “software as a service” (20
computing resources. percent), virtualization/consolidation (20 percent) and utility
computing (5 percent).
Survey definitions
Three types of cloud were defined: public (or external), private As part of the study, respondents were asked to rate IT
(or internal) and hybrid. workloads they would consider most appropriate for
deployment in a public or private cloud environment.
Public clouds—IT and information resources are provided as a
service over the Internet, which allows access to technology- The full list of 25 workloads included in the survey is shown in
enabled services without knowledge of, expertise with, or Table 1, opposite. This table indicates which workloads the
control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. financial services respondents preferred for public or private
Financial services has a rapidly growing appetite for computing cloud solutions (either currently using or planning to use the
resources that can more flexibly and efficiently deliver services features in the next 12 months).
such as conferencing, VoIP, desktop service/help desk WAN
capacity and storage. Using a public cloud is the ideal solution
for such requirements, where the emphasis is on achieving
high utilization (and therefore low costs).
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Workload type Workload Public cloud Private
Preference cloud
Preference
Analytics Data mining, text mining, or other analytics 9% 52%
Data warehouses or data marts 21% 44%
Transactional databases 11% 45%
Business Services CRM or sales force automation 30% 43%
E-mail 21% 48%
ERP applications 25% 55%
Industry-specific applications 21% 49%
Collaboration Audio/video/Web conferencing 41% 34%
Unified communications 26% 50%
VoIP infrastructure 14% 49%
Desktop and Devices Desktop 17% 55%
Development and Test Development environment 20% 40%
Test environment 16% 42%
Infrastructure Application servers 17% 47%
Application streaming 24% 37%
Business continuity/disaster recovery 24% 40%
Data archiving 22% 46%
Data backup 18% 48%
Data center network capacity 14% 46%
Security 17% 46%
Servers 15% 50%
Service/Help Desk 17% 54%
Storage 18% 50%
Training infrastructure 15% 47%
WAN capacity 29% 43%
Table 1: Workloads – financial services respondents’ preference for public or private cloud solutions. The study asked
respondents to rate 25 different workloads they had already deployed or would consider deploying in a public or private cloud.
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In some areas, attitudes toward cloud computing in the Cloud computing adoption and consideration factors
financial services industry were similar to those in other Cloud computing has the ability to accelerate service delivery
industries: and to increase service and infrastructure availability while
creating elasticity that allows services to be expanded—or
• Private cloud is seen to be a supplement (rather than an contracted—as demand changes. And because organizations
alternative) to traditional outsourcing of computing capacity can leverage economies of scale through a cloud environment,
by 48 percent of financial services respondents, the same they can also reap a higher ROI via greater staff efficiency and
percentage as for cross-industry respondents. Some 39 optimization of IT resources. Cloud computing supports
percent of financial services respondents see private cloud as efforts to establish a service-oriented architecture and to
an alternative option, versus a mean of 36 percent across all enhance information management and service management.
sectors. With all these benefits to offer, cloud computing can help IT
• Financial services firms are more likely to agree that the become much more flexible and responsive to business needs.
primary barrier to public cloud adoption is data security/
privacy (75 percent of financial services respondents versus The study found that decision makers express openness to both
mean of 69 percent across all sectors). public and private cloud, although the consideration and
adoption rates for the private cloud delivery model were higher
The financial services industry differed from other industries (as noted in Table 1). Of the financial services firms surveyed,
in several areas, for example: 68 percent rated private cloud delivery “very appealing or
appealing,” compared to approximately 42 percent for hybrid
• Respondents in the financial services industry are somewhat cloud and 32 percent for public cloud.
less likely to utilize external help for building/implementing
private cloud solutions (59 percent for financial services versus Cost savings and time-to-value are the leading drivers
63 percent for cross-industry), while financial services industry The survey results for all industries reveal the primary drivers
respondents are clearly more likely to use outside help for for cloud adoption in general, and public cloud adoption in
assessment and planning (62 percent versus 51 percent) particular, are cost savings and faster time-to-value. In IBM’s
• Financial sector decision makers are more likely to see experience, actual savings can reach 20 to 29 percent.3
virtualization as a strategic objective for their business (26 However, the level of savings achievable depends on many
percent of respondents versus mean of 14 percent across all factors, including the types of workloads concerned, the
sectors). delivery method selected and the efficiency of the current
infrastructure under consideration to be supplemented or
replaced by cloud.
In the financial services industry, decision makers at banks
indicated that their top two drivers for adopting cloud were
lower labor costs and improved systems reliability/availability.
Other important drivers were: paying only for what is used,
software license savings, reduced IT support needs and rapid
deployment. Financial services firms selected creating new
revenue streams at a substantial higher rate compared to all the
other industries, 33 percent against an average of 23 percent.
For further information, please see Table 2, opposite.
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Inducements to acquiring public cloud Financial Total Difference in Category
Percentage of respondents selecting services across all percentage (see key
respondents respondents points, financial below)
(sample size (sample size services versus
161) 1090) all respondents
Lower labor costs 54% 44% +10 R
Improve system reliability and availability 54% 50% +4 I
Pay only for what we use 53% 50% +3 R
Hardware savings 51% 47% +4 R
Software license savings 47% 46% +1 R
Able to focus on core competencies 44% 38% +6 O
Rapid deployment 43% 39% +4 S
Take advantage of improved economies of scale 43% 37% +6 R
Able to scale IT resources to meet needs 41% 39% +2 S
Reduce IT support needs 40% 40% 0 R
Relieve pressure on internal resources 37% 39% -2 S
Increase budget flexibility by transforming capex into opex 36% 29% +7 O
Able to take advantage of latest functionality 36% 40% -4 S
Reduce infrastructure management needs 34% 37% -3 R
Lower outside maintenance costs 34% 42% -8 R
Create new revenue streams 33% 23% +10 O
Resolve problems related to updating/upgrading 31% 39% -8 S
Reduce space required to house/maintain infrastructure 30% 26% +4 R
Lower energy costs 26% 29% -3 R
Table 2: Inducements to acquiring public cloud. Category key
R = reduce costs
I = improve reliability
S = speed time-to-value
O = other
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Data security concerns: a barrier to public cloud adoption Within public cloud rankings, there was a spread of more than
Some 75 percent of financial services respondents said that 20 percentage points between the highest and lowest ranked
concerns about data security and privacy were their primary workloads. For private cloud, consideration rates were much
barrier to public cloud adoption, 58 percent cited concerns more consistent, varying by less than 10 percentage points for
about service quality and performance, 51 percent expressed the top 15 workloads. For financial services respondents, the
concerns about loss of control over IT resources, and 51 results were broadly similar, however there was much stronger
percent also cited insufficient responsiveness over the network interest in putting business continuity and disaster recovery in
as a potential hindrance to public cloud adoption. The the public cloud.
workloads that were favored the least for public cloud, by far,
were those related to security and databases. Despite those Workload preferences for private cloud
concerns, public cloud adoption is expected to gain momentum Database and application-oriented workloads emerged as most
in coming years. Though private cloud is most favored now, appropriate for potential private cloud adopters. However,
adoption of public clouds across all industry sectors is expected private cloud consideration was high across all workloads. As
to grow by 26 percent CAGR between now and 2013. shown in Table 1 for financial services, the top six considered
workloads included: ERP applications (by 55 percent of
Workload preferences for private and public cloud respondents), desktop (55 percent), service/help desk (54
Since workload characteristics vary according to platform percent), data mining, text mining, or other analytics (52
requirements, complexity, business criticality and data percent); and unified communications, servers and storage (all
sensitivity, some are ideal for a public cloud, while others are three at 50 percent).
more suitable for deployment in a private cloud. For this
reason, an analytical approach to cloud computing is essential Moreover, actual implementation rates for private cloud
in determining which delivery model is best for that among financial services organizations were high across most
workload—public, private or hybrid—and in understanding workloads. Some 45 percent have implemented service/
which workloads can realize the greatest benefits in a cloud helpdesk. Other workloads that nearly half of financial services
environment. respondents said they had already implemented in a private
cloud include ERP (44 percent), desktop (43 percent), and
In addition, some workloads, due to their characteristics (low e-mail and application server workloads (both 41 percent).
risk and high potential for ROI) are better candidates to
consider as pilot projects for cloud. One example would be an Workload preferences for public cloud
environment for provisioning test and development resources, As shown in Table 1, the top five favored workloads in the
a type of IT infrastructure workload in which virtualized IT financial services industry for public cloud deployment, were:
resources are created and deployed for use by software audio/video/Web conferencing (by 41 percent of respondents);
development teams, in a protected environment so that CRM or sales force automation (30 percent); WAN capacity
production activities are not at risk. (29 percent); unified communication (26 percent); and
application streaming (24 percent). CRM and conferencing are
In this survey, IBM found that workload types favored for already popular software as a service (SaaS) workloads, which
public and private cloud deployment varied widely. Across all makes them logical selections for public cloud implementation.
industries, conferencing and CRM/sales force automation
ranked among the highest for usage consideration in public
cloud, while they were among the lowest for private cloud.
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Respondents from financial services organizations did clearly IBM derived a public cloud adoption index and a private cloud
indicate their position that not all workloads are currently adoption index for each workload by analyzing:
considered to be good candidates for migration to a public
cloud environment. Some examples include: • The implementation rankings for public versus private clouds
• The barriers against, and push factors in favor of, private and
• Highly sensitive data workloads (e.g. employee records) public cloud adoption
• Multiple, co-dependent services (e.g. high-throughput online • The relative budget expenditure.
transaction processing)
• Workloads requiring a high level of auditability and The self-reported consideration rate for private cloud
accountability (e.g. those subject to Sarbanes-Oxley) workloads was consistent, with between 40 and 50 percent
• Third-party software that does not have a virtualization or reporting current or planned private cloud implementation
cloud-aware licensing strategy across all workloads. However, a different picture emerged
• Workloads requiring detailed chargeback or utilization with the adoption index analysis, where there was seen to be a
measurement (e.g. capacity planning and department-level wider spread between the workloads with the highest push/
billing) lowest barrier factors and those with the lowest push/highest
• Workloads requiring customization (e.g. customized ERP barrier profile. For private clouds among financial services
applications). respondents, data mining, security and transactional databases
are among the high push/low barrier workloads, while
Push factors versus barriers conferencing, voice-over-IP infrastructure and WAN capacity
As part of the survey, respondents were asked to identify the are among the workloads that are high push/low barrier for
factors that would influence their deployment choices for each public cloud adoption.
workload—either for or against public or private cloud
adoption. Across all industry sectors, “fluctuating demand” and Workload recommendations
“unacceptably high costs for traditional IT delivery” emerged Based on analysis of the adoption index and on IBM’s own
as “push” factors for both public and private cloud. Factors that cloud implementation experience, IBM has identified the
correlated strongly with the decision to put a workload in a workloads that offer the most favorable entry points for both
public cloud (and not in a private cloud) were whether or not public and private cloud delivery models. For financial services
the workloads are highly standardized, modular and organizations interested in piloting a public cloud service, the
independent. Conversely, concerns about data privacy, infrastructure workloads listed in Table 3 will most likely be
compliance with regulatory requirements and being able to the projects that will pose the lowest risk and offer highest
maintain a high level of control over the environment were potential return. The same holds true for the workloads listed
correlated with a higher propensity to choose private over as top candidates for private cloud implementation.
public cloud models.
Note that data mining, data center network and storage appear
in both lists. This is because these are relatively low-risk
workloads in terms of the business transactions and the overall
IT operation. In addition, these workloads have the potential
for large ROI through gains in speed and cost reduction.
Therefore, IBM recommends that these workloads should be
considered as strong candidates for a pilot cloud project in
either delivery model.
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Financial services - public cloud Financial services - private cloud
• Infrastructure • Conferencing • Application • Data mining
capacity for • VOIP infrastructure servers • Security
training • WAN capacity • WAN capacity • Transactional databases
• Servers • Storage • Infrastructure • Continuity/DR
Low • Application servers • Service/help desk Low capacity for • Data archiving
• Application • Desktop training • Data center network
streaming • Data center network • Service/help desk • Storage
• Data mining • Unified communications
Barriers
Barriers
• CRM/Sales force • ERP applications • CRM/Sales force • ERP applications
• Unified communications • Email • Servers • Industry-specific
• Test environment • Data backup • Email applications
infrastructure • Continuity/DR • Test environment • Data warehouses
• Industry-specific applications infrastructure • Data backup
• Data warehouses • Application streaming
High • Development environment High • Development
tools environment tools
• Data archiving • Conferencing
• Transactional databases • VOIP infrastructure
• Security • Desktop
Lower Higher Lower Higher
Push factors Push factors
Table 3: Workload recommendations. Based on the analysis of study data and experience with actual cloud implementations, IBM has identified
workloads that will most likely pose the lowest risk and offer the highest potential return as cloud projects for financial services organizations. Equally,
IBM Research has developed a workload analysis tool that can help characterize and prioritize candidate workloads for delivery from the cloud.
Service management process criticality management processes (or, in the case of a public cloud, ensuring
The study also explored certain readiness factors for cloud that the service provider puts them in place):
implementation. Respondents were asked to rank 18 service
management processes and functions based on how critical Service catalog—Self-service is a key defining capability for
each is to the organization. The ranking was on a scale from 1 cloud. The service catalog represents the offerings that allow
to 5, where “1” was “not critical at all” and “5” was “extremely users/customers to select, size and order the services they want.
critical.” Figure 5 shows the percentage of respondents who
rated each function either a 4 or 5: “very critical” or “extremely Governance—Governance is the discipline that helps minimize
critical.” risk, maximize value and align IT and business objectives.
The majority of respondents from financial services and other Provisioning logic—The provisioning function works with the
industries said they were focused on the traditional disciplines service catalog by translating the user’s request for a service—for
of systems management: security, networks, servers and example, a test environment with “x, y and z” characteristics—
applications. However, 57 percent of financial services decision into a specific infrastructure configuration. Most important, this
makers also included availability as a critical factor, compared provisioning must take place automatically, without any hands-on
to the all-industry figure of 47 percent—a notable spread of 10 intervention by the IT staff.
percentage points.
Usage/accounting—Also known as “metering and billing,” this
For successful service delivery in a private cloud, IBM function tracks actual usage according to defined metrics and
recommends putting in place the following service translates them into either an internal charge-back transaction or
a bill for the public cloud customer.
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Key success factors Beyond the strategic vision, successful deployment of cloud
Just as service management considerations are critical to technology will require a pragmatic, evolutionary approach—
realizing the benefits of a cloud computing environment, so is one that IBM has developed through its many cloud
establishing a dynamic infrastructure, with capabilities for engagements with customers around the world—as well as the
resource virtualization, service standardization and automated many cloud projects within IBM. Today, IBM is helping
provisioning of IT resources (which delivers the greatest organizations get started on the journey toward cloud
potential for cost savings). computing by following six strategic steps to cloud adoption.
Specifically, an infrastructure that is “cloud-ready” will have 1. Create the IT strategy and roadmap
the following characteristics and capabilities: Begin by determining the goals for the organization regarding
cloud service delivery, and the platform requirements and
• Open-standards-based and service-oriented complexity associated with each. Goals can include:
• Advanced virtualization and automated management
• Common components and processes • Centralization to reduce costs and number of data centers
• Advanced security and resiliency. • Consolidation of servers and storage to reduce capital costs,
operational costs, software license fees and the carbon
In addition to the gap in service-management readiness, the footprint
survey also revealed that few respondents outside of the • Virtualization to increase hardware utilization and standardize
financial services industry have a mature virtualization strategy, virtual images
with only 18 percent indicating that virtualization is considered • Automation of service management processes and application
a strategic objective or a transformative technology. Among migration
financial services organizations, a higher adoption rate was • Optimization of resources and dynamic provisioning of
evident, with 30 percent of respondents considering themselves services.
to be in one of the top two maturity categories for
virtualization. 2. Assess and select workloads for cloud
Identifying and prioritizing workloads that are candidates for
The steps toward cloud computing cloud delivery is the next step. Workloads that are amenable to
With an IT strategy that embraces cloud computing, CIOs can standardization, that are self-contained applications or that
better satisfy their customers through improved visibility of IT have a service-oriented architecture will potentially be easier to
resource use, better responsiveness, simplification and cost- move into a cloud environment. Conversely, workloads that
effective service delivery. Properly implemented, cloud will be more difficult, risky and costly to migrate to a cloud
computing can help lower costs, increase IT responsiveness environment are typically highly complex, require high
and optimize service delivery. Cloud computing can also amounts of data transfer, involve a high degree of
increase the range of an organization’s services, applications customization or are legacy systems that would require
and capabilities available to customers. significant redesign to conform to cloud architecture.
Defining a cloud adoption strategy and following the correct 3. Determine the cloud delivery model
pathway to adoption are essential to success. This can be the Once you have identified candidate workloads, you can then
most challenging phase of the adoption process, and it is the establish which are best suited for delivery via a public cloud, a
stage at which most survey respondents said they would be private cloud, or a hybrid of both. As seen earlier in this paper,
likely to request outside assistance. IBM has developed an the IBM cloud adoption index for financial services firms
approach, detailed in a paper entitled “Defining a framework suggest that data mining, security and transactional databases
for cloud adoption”4. This paper describes the cloud are the workloads with the highest push factors and lowest
Computing Adoption Framework developed by IBM, and barriers for delivery in a private cloud. For public cloud
establishes common definitions for cloud computing delivery delivery, the IBM index suggests that conferencing, voice-over-
models and services. It is designed to help organizations IP infrastructure and WAN capacity have the highest push
formalize their approach to cloud computing and build an factors and lowest barriers for financial services firms.
effective strategic vision.
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4. Determine the value Underlying all three domains is the cloud platform—the
Examine the ROI that cloud computing can bring, including architecture layer that defines the dynamic infrastructure for
time required for initial payback as well as projected ROI. In cloud delivery, as well as the service management disciplines
determining ROI, start by calculating the absolute savings that that enable service delivery and end-user access.
will be realized from all elements of IT operations related to
the workload in question—including, for example, hardware 6. Implement the IT strategy, roadmap and cloud services
costs, software licenses and upgrades, system administration, A key step in preparing for cloud is conditioning your
system support, end-user support and provisioning. ROI infrastructure for cloud delivery. This may include virtualizing
calculations can also include business-related measures, such as and automating existing systems, adding the service
increases in user productivity and resource utilization; management capabilities that are required for cloud
avoidance of capital expense; and reduction of risk due to computing.
higher availability.
The roadmap for cloud implementation defines a pilot project
In addition to looking at first-year savings, IBM recommends or projects that will enable the IT organization to gain
that clients project operating costs of both the legacy IT experience with cloud computing delivery while end-users gain
environment and the cloud environment over three years to experience of working with standardized applications and
calculate ROI over a longer term. Our research has shown that services delivered over the network. This pilot could be
while all IT costs may increase over time, typically cloud delivered from a private cloud platform, or it could be a pilot
computing costs will increase at a lower rate—resulting in using trusted public cloud services. Either way, the pilot should
increasing value. deliver an isolated, low-risk workload.
5. Establish the architecture Building on lessons learned, the next steps in the roadmap will
The final step prior to implementation is to establish the be to enable additional workloads and extend cloud services to
architecture that will support your cloud initiatives, both public new users. A well-designed cloud environment will typically
and private. A cloud architecture should address three aim to meet end-user needs through a single portal, using a
“domains:” catalog of services that can be automatically provisioned in
many cases.
• What are the services you will deliver or acquire? These
include infrastructure as a service (“raw” computing capacity);
platform as a service (computing capacity plus network
services and data management services); or software as a
service (computing capacity plus network/data management
services plus applications).
• How will you create and deliver the services? This includes
the tools, procedures and governance required to plan, define,
catalog, configure, deliver, monitor, measure, bill and report
on cloud-delivered services.
• How will users access the services? A service catalog that
enables end-users to select, order and configure
cloud-delivered services is an essential component of a cloud
architecture. In addition, for private clouds, the architecture
should provide an operational console for service delivery and
operational managers.
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The IBM cloud experience • Desktop/Workplace cloud—1,200 users in China
In addition to numerous customer engagements, IBM has put Development Lab pilots, with 1,000 additional users in the
cloud computing into practice in its own data centers around pipeline. An initial migration of IBM Call Center team roles
the world, and is able to draw on best practices to share in to the IBM Smart Business Desktop cloud is now expanding
customer implementations. Here are some examples: to cover additional groups via role-based segmentation.
Estimated savings range from 20 to 30 percent of the current
• Analytics—109,000 users, growing to 200,000. Announced as client provisioning costs, with additional security benefits and
the world’s largest private cloud environment for business improved systems management.
analytics, Blue Insight is the basis for the IBM Smart Business
Analytics cloud offering, and provides information on demand • Storage cloud—Up to 40 percent savings in storage costs.
and analytics as a service to IBM employees. The solution: IBM faces year-on-year growth rates of approximately 25
– Enhances organizational performance by applying percent in file and block storage, similar to its clients across all
advanced mathematical modeling, deep computing, industries. The deployment of a storage cloud serving
simulation, data analytics and optimization techniques multiple teams of users is estimated to yield savings of 30 to
– Enables detailed analysis of business performance 40 percent across capital costs, hosting costs, and provisioning
– Accelerates the deployment of analytic applications and labor costs, with improved redundancy. Additionally,
industry-specific business solutions provisioning time will be reduced from days to hours.
– Enables continuous analysis of massive volumes of data
in motion • Production cloud—1,000 applications identified for
– Consolidates information from nearly 100 different migration. This hybrid cloud will support IBM’s internal
information warehouses and data stores; projected to production applications and leverage both a private cloud
achieve tens of millions of dollars of savings over five instance and the architecture of the IBM Smart Business
years cloud (public cloud) with appropriate enterprise-level security
mechanisms. IBM is examining its production application
• Collaboration/LotusLive—75 percent of IBM web portfolio for applications that can best take advantage of the
conferencing. IBM adopted LotusLive Meeting in 2009 as its unique value proposition of cloud. The benefit of this cloud
primary web-conferencing technology for meetings between will be realized through improvements in infrastructure
IBMers, clients and Business Partners. In 2009, more than 200 utilization, reduced support costs via increased automation,
million minutes of meetings were handled by the solution. and workload standardization.
IBM is also piloting LotusLive Engage, enabling 8,000
registered users to share files both internally and with clients.
• CIO Dev/Test cloud—Time to build dev/test environment
reduced from one week to around one hour. The second
generation of the IBM CIO Development/Test cloud went
into service in April 2010, reducing environment provisioning
times from five days (previous best case) to just over an hour.
Continuing deployment in 2010 will expand coverage to 80
percent of IBM Development/Test activity.
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