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Why Should Your Company Invest in the Cloud?. DATA MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE . Bloomberg Businessweek: "Enter the Cloud With Caution".
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Why Should Your Company Invest in the Cloud? DATA MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE
Bloomberg Businessweek: "Enter the Cloud With Caution" "Managing computer systems distracts attention from your real business. Computers crash, and you fume helplessly as the IT staff restores your ordinary workflow. Just when everything seems to be stable, your software needs to change, or your systems are too small or too slow." Harry Lewis, August 04, 2008
What is Cloud Computing? • A way to access software or hardware resources that are stored in a remote data center • The ability to "lease" computing power or use software by accessing it over the Internet • A way for companies to outsource their IT needs to a more experienced and competent service provider
Different Ways to Use the Cloud • Data Storage • Box • IT System Replacement • Amazon • Software as a Service • Salesforce.com, Google Documents
Business Benefits of the Cloud • Greater Flexibility • Increased Efficiency • Focus on company's main function • Reduction of Investment
Organizations making use of the Cloud • Intercontinental Hotel Groups • Salesforce.com • Amazon Web Services • Netflix • Streaming movies and television shows • Notre Dame • Google apps • Box
Concerns in the Cloud • Security • Lack of control • Service availability • Integration issues
Is the Cloud right for you? Yes...for some things
Works Cited • http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_48/b4157077861633.htm • http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/feature/Benefits-of-a-software-as-a-service-model • http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-08-04/how-cloud-computing-is-changing-the-worldbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_24/b4135042942270.htmadvice • http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/29/cio-cloud-computing-tech-cio-cx_es_0901cloud.html • http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2008-08-04/enter-the-cloud-with-cautionbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice • http://www.nd.edu/~kmatta/MGT30660/Articles/Where%20the%20cloud%20meets%20the%20ground.htm • http://www.nd.edu/~kmatta/MGT30660/Articles/Cloud%20Security%20Is%20Looking%20Overcast.htm • http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/12/4-threats-to-cloud-computing/