This in depth primer on cloud computing will help the CIO understand cloud computing concepts, develop a strategy for cloud computing, and migrate to the cloud across the enterprise. This is an excellent source for the CIO to get started on the cloud computing journey. (100 pages)
The primer on cloud computing discusses the following topics:
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Cloud Service Models
- Cloud Deployment Models
- Cloud Service Principles
- Cloud Service Governance
- Cloud Service Organization
- Cloud Service Strategy
- Cloud Service Portfolio
- Cloud Service Analytics
- Cloud Service Financial Considerations
- Cloud computing risks
- Cloud computing legal and regulatory considerations
- Cloud computing vendor evaluation and selection
- Cloud computing vendor management
- Is cloud computing hyped or real?
- Cloud computing security
- Cloud computing best practices
- Implementation considerations
- Cloud computing issues, and challenges - security, privacy, data redundancy, etc.
Excellent resource for the CIO on a cloud computing journey.