- At least 48% of organizations have adopted or will be adopting some kind of cloud service.
- These cloud solutions have the potential to offload some IT responsibilities, allowing internal IT to focus on more strategic business initiatives.
- However, IT isn’t completely off the hook. You may not be managing the technical side of the cloud, but you are still responsible for its success in your organization.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Technology trends like social media, consumerization, and cloud are creating a shift in IT responsibilities, dialing back skills in infrastructure and applications, while ramping up business analysis and vendor management skills.
Impact and Result
- Establish good vendor management practice that can be adapted to the cloud by understanding the unique risks and challenges presented by the cloud.
- Pay special attention to understanding and managing risk, managing contract and service level expectations, and monitoring good performance.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
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Financial Services Regulator Authority of Ontario
Guided Implementation
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The conversation last week with Steven Jeffery on the “Effectively Manage Cloud Vendors” was very informative, helpful and especially appreciated k... Read More
Griffith Company
Guided Implementation
10/10
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