Cloud Computing- Taking the plunge

Session Date & Time: Day 3, March 25, 9.00am EST (6.00pm West Coast) (45min)
Authors: Malini Nambiar, Schneider Electric.
Abstract Cloud Computing is the very talked about buzzword of today. There have been a lot of discussions floating around on various topics related to cloud computing. This has also given rise to much confusion about Cloud.

There is no element of doubt that by adopting Cloud Computing into their IT strategy, Enterprises are seeing a huge impact on their expense portfolio. But, adopting Cloud Computing model in an Enterprise is a challenge due to concerns around data privacy, security, SLAs to mention a few, would mean a big change in the working policies and procedures of the organization. However there are several use cases in which cloud computing would be very favourable and can help in deriving big benefits.

How can these use cases be identified? What parameters can be used to analyze requirements that will benefit by unifying with cloud computing? What are the characteristics of an application that make it a good candidate for cloud?

This article is an attempt to answer such questions and to demystify whether to take the Cloud Plunge or more important- when to take it. It describes how organizations should look at integrating Cloud Computing to their IT strategy and scenarios where this can be effectively leveraged to create a business advantage.