1) According to Paul Kane of Servecentric, carefully planned cloud solutions can significantly reduce project delivery times and improve productivity for companies. 2) Cloud computing service providers like Servecentric offer experienced staff to meet customer demands, alleviating worries over a competitive talent pool. 3) Servecentric focuses on compliance and best practices through ISO accreditations to ensure quality service across public and private clouds as well as on-site delivery.

1. ccordingtoPaulKane,
interim sales and
marketing manager
with Servecentric, careful-
ly-planned cloud solutions
can have a significant impact
withinacompanybyreducing
deliverytimesofprojectsand
benefitingproductivitywithin
an organisation.
“Of course, the most im-
portantadviceIrishbusinesses
shouldtakewhenapproaching
a cloud-based solution is that
they need to plan it like any
solution they want to deploy
withintheirorganisation.They
need to have a clear idea and
understanding of what they
wanttoachieve.Theyneedto
define the project goals and
the criteria for success before
they start a cloud project,
and they need to have proper
milestonessetastheyprogress
the rollout of a cloud solution
deploymentinordertodeter-
mine its success,” said Kane.
With an ever-growing skill
shortage within the tech in-
dustry, companies dealing
with computing services
internally have become less
common place.
Cloud computing service
providers like Servecentric
can offer dedicated and ex-
perienced staff to meet the
demand of both small and
large enterprises so compa-
nies no longer have to worry
about the competitive talent
pool according to Kane.
“Generally speaking, if we
are not providing the client
directly with a cloud-based
solution then they are using
our services to deliver one
themselves either to their
internal users or their exter-
nal clients provisioning their
own private clouds using our
underlying hosting services.
“The skills shortage is also
a growing issue within the IT
world.Theydon’thavetowor-
ry about hiring staff to do this
work as we have a dedicated,
certified and highly-experi-
enced staff here to take that
responsibility for them,” he
said.
With a hand in both public
and private clouds as well as
long-term expertise around
onsite delivery, Servecentric
focused its investment in
several ISO accreditations to
ensurecomplianceandindus-
tries best practices.
AccordingtoKane,ifitisfelt
there are suitable projects for
acloudsolution,thenitisbest
to scope out exactly the type
ofservicethatisrequiredand
research what solutions are
available.
“It is clear to us that cloud
computingisnowanaccepted
mainstreamsolutiontomany
oftherequirementsforenter-
prises of all sizes. The use of
cloud solutions for business
continuity will continue to
accelerate, especially among
enterprises who are being
compelled to have a mature
business continuity strate-
gy. We see a convergence of
on-premise, off-premise,
virtual and physical environ-
ments,” said Kane.
Cloud computing services
arebecomingmoreandmore
prevalent in today’s digital
marketplace and in order to
stay ahead, adopting cloud
solutions might be key for
businesses tackling the ev-
er-changing trends within
their industry.
As for the future of cloud,
KanebelievesthatOpenstack
willbecometheindustrystan-
dard. “We see Openstack be-
comingthede-factostandard
for delivering and managing
cloud solutions for vendors,
and it is what we will be us-
ing to deliver our next gener-
ation of cloud solutions here
at Servecentric.”
A
What’s the forecast?
Acloud-based
solutioncanoffer
manypositives
toabusiness
withoutamajor
capitaloutlaythat
manyITprojects
typicallywould
entail,writes
RossO’Neill
Cloud Computing
We see Openstack
becoming the
de facto standard
for delivering and
managing cloud
solutions for vendors
The right
cloud for you
36 | The Sunday Business Post | February 2015
Paul Kane,
interim sales
and marketing
manager with
Servecentric
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