- 93% of UK financial decision makers believe cloud computing will be important for business success in the next 12-18 months. The vast majority of senior finance executives across countries surveyed agreed.
- 96% of financial executives think cloud computing provides quantifiable benefits like reduced IT costs, improved process efficiency, and increased productivity.
- 67% of financial decision makers said their company already uses cloud services or plans to, recognizing cloud computing gives competitive advantages. However, only 15% of executives are fully informed on cloud computing.
1) Gartner recommends virtualizing applications and components before moving them to the cloud, and looking at data concerns separately. Service level agreements should also be carefully reviewed to understand availability, backup, and remediation guarantees.
2) Monitoring tools are critical as most existing tools won't extend to the cloud. Enterprises should monitor their applications and cloud providers themselves to ensure compliance with business needs rather than relying solely on providers.
3) Key considerations before moving to the cloud include having the right monitoring processes and tools in place, understanding service level agreements, and changing the role of IT staff from technology administrators to service brokers between business units and cloud providers.
How Cash & Flexibility Are Driving Cloud InvestmentMikhail Demidov
Financial experts estimate companies may be jealously sitting on trillions of dollars in cash, and refusing to spend it. Companies are choosing to avoid large capital intensive investment programmes which incur large, upfront costs. Instead, the more desired spending pattern is to switch to projectssuch as investing in a cloud computing infrastructure which is charged monthly on a per usage basis
The 2011 Cloud Computing Trends report surveyed over 500 IT professionals about cloud computing trends. Three key findings were:
1. Cloud computing adoption is exploding, with 44% of respondents saying it was a top priority versus 24% in 2009.
2. Business continuity and disaster recovery are major drivers of cloud growth, with respondents expecting 5x cloud growth in these areas.
3. Hybrid cloud solutions combining public and private clouds will be critical, as 80% of respondents plan to consider replacing physical servers with cloud servers.
Cloud ROI and Implementation - A TechBlocks Solutions GuideTechBlocks
Realize your business potential in the cloud. This guide includes:
- How to improve business productivity in the cloud
- How to measure cloud ROI
- A step-by-step process for building your roadmap for success
1. Putting together a qualified team
2. Creating a written business case and strategy
3. Picking the right deployment and service model
4. Creating governance rules
5. Overcoming compliance and security issues
6. Integrating, validating and managing the cloud
7. Moving forward into the cloud - long term management
The document is a report on a survey of CFOs and senior finance professionals regarding their perceptions of cloud computing. Some key findings of the survey include:
- Over 30% of respondents are already using or considering using cloud computing, seeing benefits like reduced upfront costs, increased flexibility, and competitive advantage. However, security and compliance concerns remain an impediment.
- While cloud computing can offer savings and process flexibility, CFOs need to be convinced it is proven and addresses issues like security, compliance, and loss of control.
- Responsibility for implementing cloud solutions is seen as both the CFO's role for costs and the CIO's role for technology. More education is needed on cloud
Learn how to leverage software on premise infrastructure and public cloud to automate common IT and business processes, create a better user experience and save money
How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the
accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive
and economic landscape? To find out, we spoke in person with 622
Midmarket CIOs, spanning growth and mature markets. These in-person
conversations, along with our statistical analyses of responses, underscore
the evermore vital role of the CIO.
Emulex and Enterprise Strategy Group Present Why I/O is Strategic for Virtual...Emulex Corporation
This webcast is the second in a monthly series on why I/O is strategic for the data center. Bob Laliberte, senior analyst from ESG, will present the importance of I/O to virtualized environments. As they continue to mature and become more flexible and dynamic, I/O becomes critical to a successful deployment.
1) Gartner recommends virtualizing applications and components before moving them to the cloud, and looking at data concerns separately. Service level agreements should also be carefully reviewed to understand availability, backup, and remediation guarantees.
2) Monitoring tools are critical as most existing tools won't extend to the cloud. Enterprises should monitor their applications and cloud providers themselves to ensure compliance with business needs rather than relying solely on providers.
3) Key considerations before moving to the cloud include having the right monitoring processes and tools in place, understanding service level agreements, and changing the role of IT staff from technology administrators to service brokers between business units and cloud providers.
How Cash & Flexibility Are Driving Cloud InvestmentMikhail Demidov
Financial experts estimate companies may be jealously sitting on trillions of dollars in cash, and refusing to spend it. Companies are choosing to avoid large capital intensive investment programmes which incur large, upfront costs. Instead, the more desired spending pattern is to switch to projectssuch as investing in a cloud computing infrastructure which is charged monthly on a per usage basis
The 2011 Cloud Computing Trends report surveyed over 500 IT professionals about cloud computing trends. Three key findings were:
1. Cloud computing adoption is exploding, with 44% of respondents saying it was a top priority versus 24% in 2009.
2. Business continuity and disaster recovery are major drivers of cloud growth, with respondents expecting 5x cloud growth in these areas.
3. Hybrid cloud solutions combining public and private clouds will be critical, as 80% of respondents plan to consider replacing physical servers with cloud servers.
Cloud ROI and Implementation - A TechBlocks Solutions GuideTechBlocks
Realize your business potential in the cloud. This guide includes:
- How to improve business productivity in the cloud
- How to measure cloud ROI
- A step-by-step process for building your roadmap for success
1. Putting together a qualified team
2. Creating a written business case and strategy
3. Picking the right deployment and service model
4. Creating governance rules
5. Overcoming compliance and security issues
6. Integrating, validating and managing the cloud
7. Moving forward into the cloud - long term management
The document is a report on a survey of CFOs and senior finance professionals regarding their perceptions of cloud computing. Some key findings of the survey include:
- Over 30% of respondents are already using or considering using cloud computing, seeing benefits like reduced upfront costs, increased flexibility, and competitive advantage. However, security and compliance concerns remain an impediment.
- While cloud computing can offer savings and process flexibility, CFOs need to be convinced it is proven and addresses issues like security, compliance, and loss of control.
- Responsibility for implementing cloud solutions is seen as both the CFO's role for costs and the CIO's role for technology. More education is needed on cloud
Learn how to leverage software on premise infrastructure and public cloud to automate common IT and business processes, create a better user experience and save money
How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the
accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive
and economic landscape? To find out, we spoke in person with 622
Midmarket CIOs, spanning growth and mature markets. These in-person
conversations, along with our statistical analyses of responses, underscore
the evermore vital role of the CIO.
Emulex and Enterprise Strategy Group Present Why I/O is Strategic for Virtual...Emulex Corporation
This webcast is the second in a monthly series on why I/O is strategic for the data center. Bob Laliberte, senior analyst from ESG, will present the importance of I/O to virtualized environments. As they continue to mature and become more flexible and dynamic, I/O becomes critical to a successful deployment.
- Traditional NAS systems have limits in virtual environments as file data growth exceeds system capacity and complex management is required.
- Emerging applications demand high throughput, massive scalability, and petabyte storage in a service-oriented architecture that is dynamic and self-managing.
- IBM's SONAS is a scale-out NAS system that can break down physical boundaries and offer shared storage clusters to transform storage into a flexible resource pool, helping address the limitations of traditional NAS.
Achieving digital business requires not just traditional workload automation, but automation that spans operations, development, and business functions. Digital business success requires Digital Business Automation.
Check out these slides from the webinar featuring Dan Twing, president and COO of leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and Tim Eusterman, senior director solutions marketing at BMC, to discover why automation is at the core of digital business success.
Better Social Services: IBM Social Industry ModelIBM Government
Learn about the IBM social industry model, and how to streamline social services and social security by improving technology, data, performance and more.
Network connectivity is increasingly viewed as a strategic asset that enables business transformation rather than just an operational necessity. The document discusses how organizations are investing in high-performance network solutions like Ethernet and fiber to drive business benefits and competitive advantage. Survey results show more organizations see network connectivity as strategic and that cloud computing, bandwidth-intensive apps, and business continuity are top drivers of connectivity demand. Case studies show how improved networks can boost operations and customer service.
This document discusses the potential value of cloud computing for companies. It predicts that within the next year, companies will push for at least one on-demand application to save money. While initially aimed at cost savings, cloud computing can improve collaboration, security, scalability and access. The document then provides examples of four organizations that achieved significant cost savings and productivity gains by adopting Google Apps, a cloud computing solution. These organizations included a technology services provider, retailer, newspaper publisher and city government.
This survey of CIOs found that while technology is profoundly impacting businesses, few are fully leveraging it for competitive advantage. The top management challenges are cost reduction and budget management. Virtualization and application consolidation are leading technical issues. There is a divide on the importance of software quality processes. Software test automation tools have high dissatisfaction rates due to long setup times and limited coverage despite large investments. Outsourcing of quality processes is increasing along with data security risks.
The document discusses the findings of a survey on hybrid cloud conducted between December 2016 and January 2017. Some key findings include:
- Digital transformation and business growth are primary drivers for organizations to adopt hybrid cloud solutions. Flexibility is seen as a top benefit.
- While respondents generally understand the concept of hybrid cloud, identifying hybrid cloud solutions in practice is more difficult. Many organizations using hybrid cloud solutions did not recognize them as such.
- Adoption of hybrid cloud varies by industry, country, and age of organization. More established organizations over 10 years old have much higher adoption rates of hybrid cloud.
- Top challenges with hybrid cloud are complexity and lack of skill sets to manage hybrid environments. Capabilities prioritized differ between
Early adopters of cloud technology—companies that have planned, implemented and seen the benefits in real deployments—are beginning to establish a track record of “lessons learned”. The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by SAP, has analysed the experiences of six companies that have implemented cloud solutions specifically designed to foster collaboration in the workplace.
The top 3 reasons why midsize businesses use the cloud? IDC says it’s minimizing costs, maximizing IT, & increasing access to apps, find out more about Cloud
Steljes Productive Video & Data ConferencingGordon Rimmer
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
The document discusses how cloud computing is increasingly being used for learning and development in organizations. It provides three key benefits of using cloud computing for learning: 1) It reduces costs by eliminating the need to purchase and maintain on-premise hardware and software; 2) It provides flexibility to quickly scale learning resources up or down as needed; 3) It allows for easy integration of different learning applications and systems through the cloud. The document outlines how organizations are using cloud learning for delivering courses, creating content collaboratively, and enabling informal learning.
Lessons Learned: Business agility through open standards & cloudAngel Diaz
Dr. Angel Luis Diaz is the Vice President of Software Standards and Cloud for IBM Software Group. The document discusses how open standards and cloud computing can help businesses achieve agility through flexibility, innovation, and cost reduction. It also notes that while cloud projects promise benefits, they can fail without proper planning around communication, collaboration, and standardization. IBM recommends their approach of leveraging best practices and standards to help ensure cloud project success.
On January 10, Everest Group and Cloud Connect hosted a webinar that covered enterprise cloud adoption trends.
Everest Group and Cloud Connect conducted a first of its kind assessment of the major driving forces behind enterprise cloud adoption. This survey was unique in that it examined the perceived benefits and pain points among cloud buyers and compared the results with those of service providers and third party consultants. The results are surprising and indicate some shifting market drivers and surprising disconnects between cloud buyers and sellers. The survey also examined:
Current and future adoption patterns across cloud layers – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, BPaaS, Current and future adoption across cloud hosting models – Public, Private and Hybrid, Adoption trends by application workload, & Stakeholder involvement in cloud investments
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Senior Research Scientist, Earth Institute at Columbia University Co-Chair Mayor Bloomberg’s Climate Change Commission Co-Director Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN); National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role" See http://www.nichiusa.org or http://www.nichi.us
Boston Harbor, Julie Wormser, Executive Director, The Boston Harbor Association, Co-Author, Preparing for the Rising Tide; National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role"
Con Edison implemented storm hardening initiatives following Superstorm Sandy to increase the resiliency of its electric system. Immediate hardening was completed by June 2013 and included flood barriers, pumps, and sealing equipment at 9 substations and 3 generating stations. A $1 billion, multi-year storm hardening program was proposed to continue hardening efforts through 2017. This includes raising critical equipment, backup generators, robust walls and doors, and new control systems to protect against flooding up to FEMA's 100-year flood level plus 3 feet. Con Edison collaborated with regulators and stakeholders to review risks and justify storm hardening projects.
- Traditional NAS systems have limits in virtual environments as file data growth exceeds system capacity and complex management is required.
- Emerging applications demand high throughput, massive scalability, and petabyte storage in a service-oriented architecture that is dynamic and self-managing.
- IBM's SONAS is a scale-out NAS system that can break down physical boundaries and offer shared storage clusters to transform storage into a flexible resource pool, helping address the limitations of traditional NAS.
Achieving digital business requires not just traditional workload automation, but automation that spans operations, development, and business functions. Digital business success requires Digital Business Automation.
Check out these slides from the webinar featuring Dan Twing, president and COO of leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and Tim Eusterman, senior director solutions marketing at BMC, to discover why automation is at the core of digital business success.
Better Social Services: IBM Social Industry ModelIBM Government
Learn about the IBM social industry model, and how to streamline social services and social security by improving technology, data, performance and more.
Network connectivity is increasingly viewed as a strategic asset that enables business transformation rather than just an operational necessity. The document discusses how organizations are investing in high-performance network solutions like Ethernet and fiber to drive business benefits and competitive advantage. Survey results show more organizations see network connectivity as strategic and that cloud computing, bandwidth-intensive apps, and business continuity are top drivers of connectivity demand. Case studies show how improved networks can boost operations and customer service.
This document discusses the potential value of cloud computing for companies. It predicts that within the next year, companies will push for at least one on-demand application to save money. While initially aimed at cost savings, cloud computing can improve collaboration, security, scalability and access. The document then provides examples of four organizations that achieved significant cost savings and productivity gains by adopting Google Apps, a cloud computing solution. These organizations included a technology services provider, retailer, newspaper publisher and city government.
This survey of CIOs found that while technology is profoundly impacting businesses, few are fully leveraging it for competitive advantage. The top management challenges are cost reduction and budget management. Virtualization and application consolidation are leading technical issues. There is a divide on the importance of software quality processes. Software test automation tools have high dissatisfaction rates due to long setup times and limited coverage despite large investments. Outsourcing of quality processes is increasing along with data security risks.
The document discusses the findings of a survey on hybrid cloud conducted between December 2016 and January 2017. Some key findings include:
- Digital transformation and business growth are primary drivers for organizations to adopt hybrid cloud solutions. Flexibility is seen as a top benefit.
- While respondents generally understand the concept of hybrid cloud, identifying hybrid cloud solutions in practice is more difficult. Many organizations using hybrid cloud solutions did not recognize them as such.
- Adoption of hybrid cloud varies by industry, country, and age of organization. More established organizations over 10 years old have much higher adoption rates of hybrid cloud.
- Top challenges with hybrid cloud are complexity and lack of skill sets to manage hybrid environments. Capabilities prioritized differ between
Early adopters of cloud technology—companies that have planned, implemented and seen the benefits in real deployments—are beginning to establish a track record of “lessons learned”. The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by SAP, has analysed the experiences of six companies that have implemented cloud solutions specifically designed to foster collaboration in the workplace.
The top 3 reasons why midsize businesses use the cloud? IDC says it’s minimizing costs, maximizing IT, & increasing access to apps, find out more about Cloud
Steljes Productive Video & Data ConferencingGordon Rimmer
Working with some of the world’s leading technology innovators, Steljes has developed the Business Productivity Suite to help you change the way you work for real and lasting benefit. The Business Productivity Suite comprises of the cream of today’s productivity technology, under one roof, designed to address five focus areas that businesses tell us they need to make more efficient: meetings, video and data conferencing, workspaces and flexible working, training and marketing and communications.
The document discusses how cloud computing is increasingly being used for learning and development in organizations. It provides three key benefits of using cloud computing for learning: 1) It reduces costs by eliminating the need to purchase and maintain on-premise hardware and software; 2) It provides flexibility to quickly scale learning resources up or down as needed; 3) It allows for easy integration of different learning applications and systems through the cloud. The document outlines how organizations are using cloud learning for delivering courses, creating content collaboratively, and enabling informal learning.
Lessons Learned: Business agility through open standards & cloudAngel Diaz
Dr. Angel Luis Diaz is the Vice President of Software Standards and Cloud for IBM Software Group. The document discusses how open standards and cloud computing can help businesses achieve agility through flexibility, innovation, and cost reduction. It also notes that while cloud projects promise benefits, they can fail without proper planning around communication, collaboration, and standardization. IBM recommends their approach of leveraging best practices and standards to help ensure cloud project success.
On January 10, Everest Group and Cloud Connect hosted a webinar that covered enterprise cloud adoption trends.
Everest Group and Cloud Connect conducted a first of its kind assessment of the major driving forces behind enterprise cloud adoption. This survey was unique in that it examined the perceived benefits and pain points among cloud buyers and compared the results with those of service providers and third party consultants. The results are surprising and indicate some shifting market drivers and surprising disconnects between cloud buyers and sellers. The survey also examined:
Current and future adoption patterns across cloud layers – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, BPaaS, Current and future adoption across cloud hosting models – Public, Private and Hybrid, Adoption trends by application workload, & Stakeholder involvement in cloud investments
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Senior Research Scientist, Earth Institute at Columbia University Co-Chair Mayor Bloomberg’s Climate Change Commission Co-Director Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN); National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role" See http://www.nichiusa.org or http://www.nichi.us
Boston Harbor, Julie Wormser, Executive Director, The Boston Harbor Association, Co-Author, Preparing for the Rising Tide; National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role"
Con Edison implemented storm hardening initiatives following Superstorm Sandy to increase the resiliency of its electric system. Immediate hardening was completed by June 2013 and included flood barriers, pumps, and sealing equipment at 9 substations and 3 generating stations. A $1 billion, multi-year storm hardening program was proposed to continue hardening efforts through 2017. This includes raising critical equipment, backup generators, robust walls and doors, and new control systems to protect against flooding up to FEMA's 100-year flood level plus 3 feet. Con Edison collaborated with regulators and stakeholders to review risks and justify storm hardening projects.
This document discusses the challenges of rising sea levels, extreme storms, and aging infrastructure threatening US national security, homeland security, and economic security. It proposes 3 goals: 1) changing the national policy from respond and repair to plan and invest, 2) establishing single agency federal leadership, and 3) creating new dedicated federal funding. The current policy of responding after disasters is wasteful and unsustainable. Investing in resilient infrastructure upfront, as the Dutch have done, can protect coastal communities and economies. Achieving these goals requires building political will among coastal communities, businesses, policymakers, and the general public.
In the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin said that "Nothing is certain but death and taxes". The 21st-century adaptation of this famous expression could be "nothing is certain but longevity and taxes." Longevity risk is a critical risk for institutions that provide life-long payments such as pension funds, annuity providers and public pension schemes. The amount of unfunded liabilities institutions face will be massive if their beneficiaries live considerably longer than expected. This paper addresses the problem of longevity risk and discusses the ways in which individuals, life assurers, annuity providers and pension plans can manage their exposure to this risk. We discuss whether the traditional insurance mechanism, involving risk transfer and pooling, can deal appropriately with longevity risk. We then review longevity risk management solutions, comprising both traditional insurance and reinsurance techniques and recently developed capital market instruments.
Index
Section 1. Introduction
Section 2. What drives the demand for longevity risk protection?
Section 3. Is longevity an insurable risk?
Section 4. How to manage longevity risk
Section 5. Final Remarks
This document summarizes a presentation on assessing and responding to climate risks, particularly rising sea levels and extreme storms. It discusses how building coastal resilience is important given today's climate and will become even more necessary. It notes several major hurricanes that impacted the Gulf Coast region and utilities. The presentation outlines the business case for resilience by preserving prosperity, safety, quality of life, and the environment for future generations. It shows models projecting much more frequent extreme heat records due to climate change. A Gulf Coast adaptation study found $2 trillion in coastal assets at risk today, and that climate change will increase losses over time. The study identified cost-effective resilience measures but noted residual risks, some exacerbated by climate change.
National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role"
New Orleans , Garret Graves, Chairman, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role" See http://www.nichiusa.org or http://www.nichi.us
Dale Morris, Senior Economist, Royal Dutch Embassy, The Dutch National Plan: The Delta Commission; National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role." See http://www.nichiusa.org or http://www.nichi.us
Steve Goldbeck, Chief Deputy Director, San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission, at the National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role" See http://www.nichiusa.org or http://www.nichi.us
Dr. Jennifer L. Jurado, Southeast Florida Climate Change Compact, Broward County Staff Steering Committee Member, Broward County Director Natural Resources Planning and Management Division; National Institute for Coastal & Harbor Infrastructure, John F. Kennedy Center, Boston, Nov. 12, 2013: "The Triple Threat of Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Storms and Aging Infrastructure: Coastal Community Responses and The Federal Role" See http://www.nichiusa.org or http://www.nichi.us
Although cloud is widely recognized as a technology
game changer, its potential for driving business innovation remains virtually untapped.
Indeed, cloud has the power to fundamentally shift competitive landscapes by providing a
new platform for creating and delivering business value. To take advantage of cloud’s
potential to transform internal operations, customer relationships and industry value
chains, organizations need to determine how best to employ cloud-enabled business
models that promote sustainable competitive advantage.
The document is a report from a survey of CFOs on their perceptions of cloud computing. The key findings of the survey are:
- Over 30% of CFOs surveyed have already implemented or are considering implementing cloud computing solutions, seeing benefits like reduced upfront costs and increased flexibility. However, security and loss of control were major concerns.
- While CFOs believe cloud computing can offer cost savings, they want issues like security and loss of control to be addressed before fully adopting cloud models.
- Responsibility for cloud adoption is split, with about a third of CFOs seeing it as their role and the majority believing it falls under the CIO's duties.
- There
Did you know that 75% of IT managers report they are currently using or evaluating cloud computing? If you’re still on the fence about having your business join the cloud revolution, check out our infographic to learn what the cloud can do for your bottom line.
The Cloud and Mobility Pivot - How MSPs can retool for the next 5 yearsJay McBain
The Managed Services model continues to grow and evolve. This presentation makes the case for building a cloud and mobility practice on top of the recurring revenue MSP model to drive success over the next 5 years. Supported by data from CompTIA, the cloud and mobility opportunity is very real in all customers segments and industries. The Channel is well positioned to take advantage of the consulting, policy and compliance services as well as the ongoing management and infrastructure needs of this emerging opportunity.
How are organizations in the United Kingdom & Ireland using cloud-enabled business models to innovate at scale? What is cloud’s role in sustainability? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
To what extent has cloud become a continual source of innovation for organizations? Have they significantly altered their cloud outlook in the face of economic pressures? In what ways are cloud and artificial intelligence coming together?
How do organizations in Europe view their cloud investments? Are they realizing the true potential of cloud to drive innovation at scale? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
Cloud: Session 7: Cloud Computing, Software as a Service, and Sales ForecastingSugarCRM
Cloud computing provides on-demand services over the internet that are scalable, cost effective, and secure. It allows companies to focus on core operations instead of maintaining their own IT infrastructure. SaaS applications in particular have become mainstream due to their ease of implementation and low upfront costs. Sales forecasting solutions that integrate with CRM systems and provide top-down and driver-based modeling help companies improve visibility into future sales periods and better plan resources.
Business Cloud: The State of Play Shifts RapidlyCapgemini
The Cloud has become a set of real practical solutions for organizations today.
From 460 interviews with businesses and IT executives, we explored what the situation is with the users of the Cloud. We outline five key findings and provide recommendations to CIOs to create a successful roadmap to cloud adoption.
Powering the Boundary-Free Enterprise with Cloud Data ManagementDarren Cunningham
Integration is the glue that connects your cloud and on-premises data assets in data centers where mission-critical money systems still operate behind highly-secure firewalls. This webinar and presentation focuses on:
• Why “hybrid” or highly interwoven deployments are the new normal for enterprise IT
• How the cloud is radically changing the role enterprise IT
• Why data governance must be a part of an overall cloud strategy
• How cloud-based data integration and master data management (MDM) can accelerate cloud adoption and ROI.
To learn more about Informatica Cloud and Cloud Integration, please visit: http://www.informaticacloud.com
How crucial is cloud as a catalyst for innovation for organizations in North America? Are investments in line with business objectives? To what extent is cloud fueling artificial intelligence? Learn these answers and other findings in this brief.
In October 2015, Sumerian, commissioned leading research house Populus to gain further insight into the current enterprise IT and capacity planning landscape, and discover emerging trends for the year ahead. This slideshare further covers the result of the Sumerian Think Tank which acted as a discussion forum for the results.
Cloud computing presents many opportunities to boost productivity in an organization, ultimately saving time, money and energy. This characteristic of the cloud helps bring organizations into the future of technology while allowing them to focus on running their business.
How are organizations in Asia-Pacific using cloud to drive business innovation? How are they balancing the rising demand for data-intensive technologies with overall business objectives? What’s driving the move to industry cloud? Find out in this brief.
The document discusses cloud adoption trends and strategies. It finds that currently around half of companies use at least one public SaaS offering, with 20% planning to implement within a year. Around 42% of IT budgets are currently allocated to cloud services. Most companies consider cloud options alongside or before traditional options for new IT services. The document outlines five stages of cloud adoption maturity and finds around half of companies have managed or optimized cloud strategies currently, growing to around 60% in two years. It recommends starting cloud adoption to remain competitive and leverage flexibility.
Transforming Your Business Management with Cloud ComputingInnoTech
This document discusses how cloud computing can transform business management. It begins by defining cloud computing and outlining the key drivers, benefits, and risks of adopting cloud solutions. It then examines cloud computing trends and how to assess cloud solutions. The document provides an overview of different cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid) and service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS). It argues that cloud computing enables benefits like streamlining processes, lowering costs, and supporting distributed organizations. However, security, availability, and regulatory compliance present challenges that must be addressed when evaluating cloud providers.
Vendor Selection, Deployment & Integration - Thinking about cloud applications? Want to make sure you do it right – choosing the right vendor, implementing them on time and in budget and maximizing business impact? There’s a lot to manage for a successful cloud implementation —from vendor selection to technical details and integration. Watch now for valuable insights and lessons from early adopters who have leveraged cloud applications to improve productivity, speed their time to market and even gain a competitive advantage. Anurag Agrawal, CEO of TechAisle and veteran industry analyst focusing on the global SMB market will share findings from a recent survey conducted with 400 IT and Business Executives who have already adopted cloud applications. He will be joined by Travis Pillen, CRM Integration Lead Schoolwires who will share his first-hand experiences with cloud applications.
Watch the webinar and learn:
What types of applications are leading the wave in cloud adoption?
What are the tangible benefits companies have realized from cloud?
What are the key implementation lessons from early adopters?
How to maximize the value of new cloud applications through integration?
Improve your business performance and speed the time to value from cloud applications through a successful cloud implementation strategy leveraging tips and insights from early adopters.
Webinar date: March 2012
The document summarizes a panel discussion on the future of cloud leadership. It includes definitions of software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Charts show results from a cloud computing survey on topics such as cloud adoption drivers, inhibitors, strategy, costs, and impact on hiring. Popular cloud technologies and vendors used today are also listed.
Join Dell Cloud Business Applications for an information-packed Webinar showing you exactly what you need to do to win with cloud applications. The Webinar features renowned SMB expert Laurie McCabe from SMB Group, plus Jagdeep Randhawa, Vice President of IT and eCommerce from Camico, a leading insurance provider for accounting professionals.
You’ll learn:
The top cloud business applications and how they can work together to drive revenue
How to build a business case for investing in cloud business applications
A real-world case study in putting Salesforce.com to work to increase revenue in a challenging market
And much more…
Cloud service providers survey breaking through the cloud adoption barriers- ...Christophe Monnier
- Providers expect their cloud revenue to almost double from 27% to 50% of total revenue in the next 2 years as adoption increases.
- The top reported customer motivations for cloud are cost reduction and speed to adoption. Providers' biggest challenge is demonstrating clear cost savings.
- Functions already commonly migrated to cloud include email/collaboration, sales/marketing, and office productivity tools. A wider range of functions are expected to migrate in the next 2 years.
Cloud service providers survey breaking through the cloud adoption barriers- ...
Research on cloud computing
1. Vanson Bourne asked 460 financial decision makers in international
organisations with 500 employees or more, across a range of private
industry sectors, how they viewed Cloud computing. Their answers
may surprise you. [Vanson Bourne, March 2012]
THE IMPORTANCE OF
CLOUD COMPUTING 100%
Sweden
10%
93% of UK financial decision makers believe
Cloud computing will be important to the 99%
Italy
success of their business over the next 12 to 13% 48%
18 months.
94%
In all countries in which the research was Spain
3%
performed, the vast majority of senior
decision-makers within the finance function 93%
Netherlands
believe that Cloud computing will be 10%
significant to how their business performs.
United 93%
91% tell us that Cloud computing is about the
Kingdom 8%
benefits to the business as a whole rather
than purely being a technology issue. 87%
France
Even among those who say that their 8%
organisation has no plan to adopt Cloud
computing, 78% report that Cloud computing Cloud computing is important Cloud computing is purely
to the success of my business a technology issue
will be important to their success. in the next 12 to 18 months
“It is apparent that Cloud computing is
considered important to organisations, even if
they themselves are not adopting it.”
THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF Reduced IT maintenance costs 48%
CLOUD COMPUTING
96% of financial decision makers asked think Reduced IT spend 44%
that Cloud computing provides their business
with quantifiable benefits.
Reduced operational costs 41%
These benefits include:
Reduced IT maintenance costs – 48%
Improved process efficiency by
32%
Reduced IT spend – 44% better internal collaboration
Reduced operational costs – 41% Increased employee productivity
by better internal collaboration 30%
Improved process efficiency by better internal and access to information
collaboration – 32%
Reduced M&A integration costs 22%
“Those using cloud computing are experiencing
significant quantifiable benefits across a wide Enabling fast growth by delivering scaled up
range of areas.” infrastructure and thereby integrating 15%
companies brought together through M&A activity
Getting new products/services
to market faster
15%
I don’t see Cloud computing delivering any
4%
of these business benefits
2. EXTENT OF CLOUD
COMPUTING ADOPTION
67% of financial decision makers surveyed
confirm that their company has already
implemented Cloud services or plans too. 11%
The majority of companies surveyed are
11%
either investing in Cloud computing already or
38%
planning to do so shortly. Yes
Any enterprise needs to be investigating Cloud
12% No, but making plans
computing as their competitors are probably
already reviewing it. No, but evaluating
Cloud computing is not just an academic 29%
No, and no plans
proposition – it is a differentiator that many
organisations are adopting to give them a I don't know
competitive edge.
“Financial decision makers need to understand
what Cloud computing is in order to understand
how it can effectively help the entire enterprise.”
CFOS ARE AWARE OF CLOUD BUT
FEW ARE FULLY INFORMED
Just 15% of financial decision-makers have total
United
familiarity with the Cloud. Kingdom 12% 71% 17%
Cloud computing is: France 14% 71% 15%
Where we can gain access to a shared IT
resources through the Internet, so we only Spain 18% 70% 12%
use as much applications and computing
capacity as we need Italy 8% 75% 17%
A complementary component in our IT Netherlands 13% 77% 10%
strategy, where we gain access to shared
scalable IT resources which are integrated into Sweden 17% 73% 10%
our existing on-premise IT infrastructure
No familiarity with Some familiarity with Total familiarity with
“Financial decision makers around the world Cloud computing Cloud computing Cloud computing
are taking an active interest in technological
innovation and change, though it is likely that
they have not had the concept fully explained to
them.”
WILL CLOUD COMPUTING
REDUCE THE IMPORTANCE OF
IT DEPARTMENTS?
58% of senior financial decision makers believe
Budget 34% 43% 23%
the Cloud increases the IT department’s ability
to contribute to corporate strategy. Ability to
innovate 61% 15% 25%
41% of those surveyed believe that CFOs will
Contribute to 58% 12% 30%
become more influential over IT procurement. corporate strategy
However, very few financial decision makers Headcount 30% 35% 35%
believe that the adoption of Cloud computing
will result in decreases in the IT department’s
Increase Decrease No change
importance.
The majority of financial decision makers
believe that Cloud computing will either
increase IT budgets and headcounts or leave
them unchanged.
“Financial decision makers believe cloud
computing will empower the IT department to...
‘forget about the plumbing’ and explore the
potential of new and emerging technologies.”
Source: Vanson Bourne Report: The Business Impact of the Cloud.
According to 460 Senior Financial Decision-Makers. March 2012.