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Session Date & Time: Day 2, March 24, 15:15pm EST (12:15 pm PST) (45 min)
Keywords: Staff Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Readiness Assessment, Human Capital, Tactics and Strategy.
Authors: Eric Mead and Megan Taylor, VMC Consulting.
Abstract: Your organization may be thinking about moving your applications and/or services to a cloud network. As you prepare to make this decision, do you really know how this will affect your business? While you probably know the direct costs associated with moving services to a cloud infrastructure, do you know the indirect costs and changes that need to take place in your organization, especially as they relate to labor?
In this presentation, we will take you through the strategy and tactics required for managing your employee base in a cloud environment. You will have a better understanding of how these types of technology decisions can impact your team skill sets and hiring for the future. We will walk you through a decision making process to help you understand the impact of retention vs. hiring net new resources. Finally, we will provide a number of items for you to review consistently when making technology decisions – not just specific to Cloud Computing.
Learning outcomes for the audience will include:

• Key issues for staff management in cloud computing.
• Assessing readiness when validating if you are ready to go to a cloud infrastructure.
• Tactics involved in planning the move from a technology and human capital perspective.
• How do you get started?