Download or read book Moving to the Cloud Corporation written by L. Willcocks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on an international survey of over 1,000 business and executives, this book provides a management perspective on cloud technology. It outlines the need to know information for strategic decisions on cloud technology including its capabilities, how it can be implemented securely and the way forward for the next ten years.

Download or read book Moving to the Cloud Corporation written by L. Willcocks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on an international survey of over 1,000 business and executives, this book provides a management perspective on cloud technology. It outlines the need to know information for strategic decisions on cloud technology including its capabilities, how it can be implemented securely and the way forward for the next ten years.

Download or read book The Cloud Corporation written by Timothy Donnelly and published by Wave Books. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited second collection by a central literary figure, Columbia University professor, and poetry editor of the Boston Review.

Download or read book Behind the Cloud written by Marc Benioff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-10-19 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology, and philanthropic models tailored to this time of extraordinary change. Showing how salesforce.com not only survived the dotcom implosion of 2001, but went on to define itself as the leader of the cloud computing revolution and spark a $46-billion dollar industry, Benioff's story will help business leaders and entrepreneurs stand out, innovate better, and grow faster in any economic climate. In Behind the Cloud, Benioff shares the strategies that have inspired employees, turned customers into evangelists, leveraged an ecosystem of partners, and allowed innovation to flourish.

Download or read book To the Cloud Cloud Powering an Enterprise written by Pankaj Arora and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable guide addresses the Why, What, and How of enterprise cloud adoption, leveraging a clear framework and proven best practices from Microsoft's own experience. “Great book. What’s particularly impressive is the outline of steps Microsoft itself is taking in its move to the cloud. Do as I do is always more powerful than do as I say.”—Al Ries, Coauthor, War in the Boardroom “This book takes on enterprise cloud adoption to a level I’ve not seen before—made even more elegant with its structured framework and crisp approach.”—Anthony D. Christie, CMO, Level 3 Communications, Former CTO/CIO, Global Crossing “A practical and timely guide that covers the entire journey to the cloud from an enterprise perspective, including business, technology, and organizational impact.”—Bart Luijten, CIO Corporate Functions & Corporate Technology, Philips “The cloud powers business solutions for building tomorrow’s enterprise and this book offers a simple, well-structured, and high-level process map for cloud adoption.”—Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys Limited Cloud computing is full of tremendous opportunity, but is also riddled with hype and confusion. Business and technology leaders know the cloud is essential, but lack clarity and experience. To the Cloud cuts through the noise and addresses the Why, What, and How of enterprise cloud adoption. The book lays out a four-step framework leveraging the experience and best practices of Microsoft's own IT group. It provides end-to-end business and technology guidance, including how to analyze application portfolios to identify good cloud candidates, choose the right cloud models, consider architecture and security, and understand how shifting operations to the cloud affects budgeting and staffing. The book is applicable to all cloud platforms and providers, and debunks myths in its clear and concise style (e.g., real clouds are more than just web hosting, virtualization, or the Internet itself rebranded). It takes a balanced approach, addressing concerns and hybrid adoption scenarios alike. Leveraging the authors' proven expertise working for Microsoft's CIO on cloud migration and with cloud platform development teams, the book is supported by clear frameworks, graphics, tables, summaries, and checklists to provide a true practitioner’s guide to the cloud. In this book, you will learn how to Explore cloud computing to understand its promise and challenges Envision how cloud computing can transform your organization Enable your organization with the necessary resources and skills Execute the design, development, and operation of cloud workloads To the Cloud is an essential guide for IT professionals seeking to lower total cost of ownership, improve the return on IT investment of existing services, or help the business bring new products to market more quickly.

Download or read book Enterprise Cloud Strategy written by Barry Briggs and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you start? How should you build a plan for cloud migration for your entire portfolio? How will your organization be affected by these changes? This book, based on real-world cloud experiences by enterprise IT teams, seeks to provide the answers to these questions. Here, you’ll see what makes the cloud so compelling to enterprises; with which applications you should start your cloud journey; how your organization will change, and how skill sets will evolve; how to measure progress; how to think about security, compliance, and business buy-in; and how to exploit the ever-growing feature set that the cloud offers to gain strategic and competitive advantage.

Download or read book Implementing Effective IT Governance and IT Management written by Gad J. Selig and published by Van Haren. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a revised edition of the best selling title Implementing IT Governance (ISBN 978 90 8753 119 5).For trainers free additional material of this book is available. This can be found under the "Training Material" tab. Log in with your trainer account to access the material.In all enterprises around the world, the issues, opportunities and challenges of aligning IT more closely with the organization and effectively governing an organization s IT investments, resources, major initiatives and superior uninterrupted service is becoming a major concern of the Board and executive management. An integrated and comprehensive approach to the alignment, planning, execution and governance of IT and its resources has become critical to more effectively align, integrate, invest, measure, deploy, service and sustain the strategic and tactical direction and value proposition of IT in support of organizations.Much has been written and documented about the individual components of IT Governance such as strategic planning, demand management, program and project management, IT service management, strategic sourcing and outsourcing, performance management, metrics, compliance and others. Much less has been written about a comprehensive and integrated approach for IT/Business Alignment, Planning, Execution and Governance. This title fills that need in the marketplace and offers readers structured and practical solutions using the best of the best practices available today. The book is divided into two parts, which cover the three critical pillars necessary to develop, execute and sustain a robust and effective IT governance environment:- Leadership, people, organization and strategy,- IT governance, its major component processes and enabling technologies.Each of the chapters also covers one or more of the following action oriented topics: - the why and what of IT: strategic planning, portfolio investment management, decision authority, etc.; - the how of IT: Program/Project Management, IT Service Management (including ITIL); Strategic Sourcing and outsourcing; performance, risk and contingency management (including COBIT, the Balanced Scorecard etc.) and leadership, team management and professional competences.

Download or read book Cloud Sourcing the Corporation written by Ben Trowbridge and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The existing technology market is being destroyed to make way for the new, faster-moving cloud services world. But an immature market provides both opportunities and pitfalls for today 's CIO. Cloud Sourcing the Corporation provides a holistic perspective on the evolving cloud services market and acts as a guidebook for IT executives on their journey toward the cloud. Included in the book is the Cloud Sourcing 100 index (www.cloudsourcing100. com), the first exhaustive review of the emerging cloud services landscape with classifications and ratings.

Download or read book Architecting the Cloud written by Michael J. Kavis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert guide to selecting the right cloud service model for your business Cloud computing is all the rage, allowing for the delivery of computing and storage capacity to a diverse community of end-recipients. However, before you can decide on a cloud model, you need to determine what the ideal cloud service model is for your business. Helping you cut through all the haze, Architecting the Cloud is vendor neutral and guides you in making one of the most critical technology decisions that you will face: selecting the right cloud service model(s) based on a combination of both business and technology requirements. Guides corporations through key cloud design considerations Discusses the pros and cons of each cloud service model Highlights major design considerations in areas such as security, data privacy, logging, data storage, SLA monitoring, and more Clearly defines the services cloud providers offer for each service model and the cloud services IT must provide Arming you with the information you need to choose the right cloud service provider, Architecting the Cloud is a comprehensive guide covering everything you need to be aware of in selecting the right cloud service model for you.

Download or read book The Rise of Legal Services Outsourcing written by Mary Lacity and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Mary Lacity, Leslie Willcocks and Andrew Burgess present practices used by clients, providers and advisors to realize value from LSO. The book is based on data from 27 LSO providers, interviews with clients, consulting assignments and lessons learned from prior Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) research. Based on the authors' deep understanding of the evolution of ITO and BPO, and their experiences of sourcing LSO, The Rise of Legal Services Outsourcing addresses the transformation of legal work, LSO strategy, provider selection and contractual governance, as well as predicting the trends that will come to shape the LSO market.

Download or read book Digital Entrepreneurship and Co Creating Value Through Digital Encounters written by Edghiem, Farag and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital technologies have enabled certain opportunities for industries, societies, and companies to change for the better. The service sector has essentially evolved through significant developments in recent decades, such as the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications and automated technologies, including service robots, chatbots, and virtual assistants. Both digital transformation and digital entrepreneurship are multifaceted areas that relate to varied emerging technologies that have recently dominated the current service industry. These technologies serve to enhance various sociotechnical areas, including communication and collaboration, as well as co-creating business value and promoting service automation. Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters contributes to the services’ digital transformation and digital entrepreneurship domain by uncovering contemporary innovations used in the modern service industry. It supports modern applications of Industry 4.0, digital transformation, and entrepreneurship to facilitate value co-creation for contemporary businesses. Covering topics such as big data management, industrial relations, and tourist destination selection, this premier reference source is an ideal resource for entrepreneurs, business owners and managers, government officials, policymakers, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Download or read book BOOMERVILLE Getting Off the Corporate Merry Go Round written by Michael Hib and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As millions of baby boomers head toward retirement and to new ventures, the world in which we live and work is shrinking rapidly. Many more countries attempt to become an economic player and US competitor as the global economy emerges. Rapidly expanding technologies and communications are enabling more countries to become borderless within a global economic community of creative destruction competitors on a global stage and 24 hour global clock. There is a convergence of five powerful forces BIG data captured and retrieved by virtualization digital storage, mobile computing, expanded use of social media, cloud computing, and SaaS applications as businesses move closer to achieving the possibilities of the new gig economy, where all five forces are mature, implemented, and truly integrated rather than precariously bolted on. These five forces offer a new set of tools for business, opening the door to a new set of rules for operations, performance, and competition, making just-in-time freelancing and free-agent contracting more attractive. These are uncommon times to have five powerful forces all newly emerged, all evolving, all technology-centric already impacting businesses. It is an opportunity for IT to deliver extraordinary value via modest investments on top of a strong legacy technology footprint. These tectonic changes advance at a time when our worldwide talent pool is shrinking, increased migration from rural to larger cities, and global cohorts entering their senior years adding to the financial burden for elderly care globally. To survive this chaos, work is continuously being redefined, business models can change on the fly, and a new form of business structure, leadership, management, and workforce emerges in the new gig economy. Millions of retiring baby boomers getting off the corporate merry-go-round will play a crucial role as freelancers and free agents in bridging the gaps in skills, talent, business wisdom, and sustainability

Download or read book The Enterprise Cloud written by James Bond and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the buzz surrounding the cloud computing, only a small percentage of organizations have actually deployed this new style of IT—so far. If you're planning your long-term cloud strategy, this practical book provides insider knowledge and actionable real-world lessons regarding planning, design, operations, security, and application transformation. This book teaches business and technology managers how to transition their organization's traditional IT to cloud computing. Rather than yet another book trying to sell or convince readers on the benefits of clouds, this book provides guidance, lessons learned, and best practices on how to design, deploy, operate, and secure an enterprise cloud based on real-world experience. Author James Bond provides useful guidance and best-practice checklists based on his field experience with real customers and cloud providers. You'll view cloud services from the perspective of a consumer and as an owner/operator of an enterprise private or hybrid cloud, and learn valuable lessons from successful and less-than-successful organization use-case scenarios. This is the information every CIO needs in order to make the business and technical decisions to finally execute on their journey to cloud computing. Get updated trends and definitions in cloud computing, deployment models, and for building or buying cloud services Discover challenges in cloud operations and management not foreseen by early adopters Use real-world lessons to plan and build an enterprise private or hybrid cloud Learn how to assess, port, and migrate legacy applications to the cloud Identify security threats and vulnerabilities unique to the cloud Employ a cloud management system for your enterprise (private or multi-provider hybrid) cloud ecosystem Understand the challenges for becoming an IT service broker leveraging the power of the cloud

Download or read book The Cloud Revolution written by Mark P. Mills and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conventional wisdom on how technology will change the future is wrong. Mark Mills lays out a radically different and optimistic vision for what’s really coming. The mainstream forecasts fall into three camps. One considers today as the “new normal,” where ordering a ride or food on a smartphone or trading in bitcoins is as good as it’s going to get. Another foresees a dystopian era of widespread, digitally driven job- and business-destruction. A third believes that the only technological revolution that matters will be found with renewable energy and electric cars. But according to Mills, a convergence of technologies will instead drive an economic boom over the coming decade, one that historians will characterize as the “Roaring 2020s.” It will come not from any single big invention, but from the confluence of radical advances in three primary technology domains: microprocessors, materials, and machines. Microprocessors are increasingly embedded in everything. Materials, from which everything is built, are emerging with novel, almost magical capabilities. And machines, which make and move all manner of stuff, are undergoing a complementary transformation. Accelerating and enabling all of this is the Cloud, history’s biggest infrastructure, which is itself based on the building blocks of next-generation microprocessors and artificial intelligence. We’ve seen this pattern before. The technological revolution that drove the great economic expansion of the twentieth century can be traced to a similar confluence, one that was first visible in the 1920s: a new information infrastructure (telephony), new machines (cars and power plants), and new materials (plastics and pharmaceuticals). Single inventions don’t drive great, long-cycle booms. It always takes convergent revolutions in technology’s three core spheres—information, materials, and machines. Over history, that’s only happened a few times. We have wrung much magic from the technologies that fueled the last long boom. But the great convergence now underway will ignite the 2020s. And this time, unlike any previous historical epoch, we have the Cloud amplifying everything. The next long boom starts now.

Download or read book Good Power written by Ginni Rometty and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wall Street Journal Bestseller Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change. Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her groundbreaking path from a challenging childhood to becoming the CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders. With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few—a concept she calls "good power." Rometty's "memoir with purpose" combines the experiences that defined her life—personal hurdles, high-stakes decisions, passionate advocacy—with the actionable advice of a coaching session to highlight lessons that shape authentic leadership. Behind-the-scenes stories and practical guidance offer us a blueprint for how we can all use good power to advance our careers, inspire our teams, improve our companies, and create healthier societies. The book begins with raw, vivid memories from Rometty's youth and early professional years as she recalls the trauma and the role models that formed her belief that how we lead is as important as what we achieve. She learns early on that good power is a choice available to everyone, even to those without money, status, or impressive titles. Rometty then shows us how her concept of good power evolved as she grew from a first-time manager to a transformative CEO. Stories told through the lens of five principles—be in service of others; build belief; know what must change and what must endure; steward good tech; be resilient—reveal tools that anyone can apply to achieve real change at any stage of their life and work. Rometty also encourages us to use good power at scale to bring about urgent societal change. She shares insights from her own journey to create a more equitable world by leading the SkillsFirst movement, which connects underserved populations with family-sustaining jobs by transforming hiring, education, and training. With heart, humility, and conviction, Good Power offers an inspiring, compelling guide to creating meaningful change in our lives.

Download or read book Stress Free Cloud Migration Volume 1 written by M. J. Small and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help you understand the process of moving applications and data to cloud infrastructure. Stress Free Cloud Migration contains proven tips, strategies and points to consider to help you draft a solid plan for your migrations. Moving applications to the cloud can be a challenging undertaking with many moving parts and potential pitfalls. Thisbook is the first book in a series of cloud migration books, and it is designed to help you mitigate common challenges and roadblocks that you may encounter during the beginning stages of the process and to give you best practices to help you accelerate your planning phase of the migration. From deciding if cloud technology is for you to moving forward with the various steps in the process, this book is designed to help you visualize the pros and cons, risks and useful tips that can be leveraged at each juncture of the planning process.This book is designed to be a quick read and is best suited for:-Individuals responsible for making the decision to move to cloud technology-Individuals responsible for planning, implementing and managing a migration to the cloud-Individuals that are new to cloud technology and want a good overview of the pros and cons -Individuals working in a company that has recently moved to cloud technology and who would like to learn more about the process and potential changes and issues that might occur.This book is for all who have recently transitioned or are about to transition to Cloud Technology or those seeking to implement a Cloud environment. In this book, you will learn best practices for the planning stages of the migration, potential risks to prepare for and ways to overcome common problems and challenges that may arise during a migration to the cloud so that you can craft a solid, stress free migration plan.Today only, get this Amazon bestseller for just $9.99. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. Download your copy today! Don't miss this great opportunity to improve your career and your team's approach to Cloud Migration. Download this book right now for only $9.99 !

Download or read book Moving to Office 365 written by Matthew Katzer and published by Apress. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a concentrated look at the very latest best practices for Office 365 migration, with a focus on the needs of senior managers, IT managers, and others involved in key decisions when moving their business to the cloud. Based on popular chapters in his first book, Office 365: Migrating and Managing Your Business in the Cloud (Apress Open, co-authored with Don Crawford), author Matt Katzer revises and expands on his original material to bring you the latest guidance on planning methods, management best practices, personnel decisions, and migration and maintenance costs, along with brand new material on some of the most important and cutting-edge considerations when moving your business to the cloud: securing company data, and driving collaboration in the workplace. Topics covered include: The Office 365 cloud security model and best practices to apply when securing your business in the cloud Microsoft Office 365 operation and usage options for any size enterprise Proven methods for planning and minimizing disruption A step-by-step migration plan How to improve employee collaboration and productivity through use of Office 365’s collaborative apps, including Excel, Outlook Web Access, OneDrive, and Skype for Business Office 365 site management advice for IT administrators and business owners Moving to Office 365 provides practical and planning guidance for business owners, and CIO/CTOs and IT managers who have responsibility for the IT needs of their business.