Cloud Computing Strategies: Where? When? How?

Exactly! This is why more and more companies be it small or large are now willing to resort to cloud computing.

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is internet-based computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked to allow the centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources. Clouds can be classified as public, private or hybrid.

Strategy?

It is the way to implement a certain aspect or overall. How to go about? What to include and what to leave out? Remember that a goal is different strategy is just the way to achieve it. It does not provide complete assurance but just gives us a safe valve to work through in achieving our goal.

Merging both terms

Now let’s combine the two terms together cloud computing strategy. Does this ring a bell? I’m sure it does now. You see while applying/adopting the concept of cloud computing we must look at its practicality as to how to tailor fit it to suit the needs of the organization under consideration. Whether how a company wants the concept to be applied depends on its IT needs. Here a few checks/questions that must generally be satisfied to apply cloud computing successfully it’s based on looking at customer needs and from market research:

Secure: How much the cloud infrastructure is safe from hacking as certain data can be extremely confidential to companies

Practicality/Productivity: How useful will be the utilization of cloud computing services?

Maintenance: What is the cost required to sustain the cloud

Independence: To what extent do the cloud computing services give an organizations employees the much needed mobility

Offers: What will be available by the company on the cloud services?

Impacts: What effects will the cloud technology have on the overall infrastructure of the company and its stakeholders?

Bear in mind that these are just the basic considerations required by a company it can vary from one organization to another. Our team of professionals at XclueSIV Cloud Technology are dedicated to helping and have helped a lot of companies in these matters and many more.