Journey into the cloud

Business agility, enabled through Technology

During the economic crisis, cost-cutting introduced many companies to cloud computing, as they began to rely significantly on the cost-saving technological elements of cloud computing to deliver and manage IT. But cloud computing can do more than save you money. Business Leaders need to learn the benefits of supporting more of their business process and applications, by using cloud services.

Lack of a cloud strategy at the centre can place undue focus on cost-savings at the expense of driving growth and competitiveness. It can also result in a patchwork of business-unit cloud relationships.

Four Mega-Trends Shaping Cloud adoptions today:

• Mobile Workforce
• Ultra-Fast Bandwidth (LTE)
• Mobile Technology
• Infrastructure Virtualisation

A problem with IT has been its inability to deliver solutions at the speed of business. Cloud computing is changing this dynamic: the technology deploys solutions in days, not months. It's time to rethink the pace of change your company can take on.

Cloud Advantages

• Deploy resources elsewhere
• Improve skills efficiencies
• Key driver to sustainability
• Driver to the mobile workforce
• Perfect technology for the SME

Deloitte on Cloud Computing

Four Things a CxO should know about cloud computing & your business

• Ability to concentrate on own business
• Eliminates initial capital investments
• Increases business agility and IT flexibility
• Business users are put into the info tech 'driver seat'

Barriers to Realising positive business impact from IT in the next 12 months.