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Cloud computing

Cloud computing is a game changer. It is changing the way CIOs think and engage with their businesses, through the promise of reduced costs and greater flexibility through the more efficient use of IT.

But cloud can also fundamentally change the way your organisation thinks about IT, so there are a number of areas that CIOs need to think about before they adopt this approach.

PA Consulting Group can help CIOs to navigate the hype surrounding cloud computing and understand how, and where, it can be integrated into their existing IT organisations to realise the potential benefits. Client offerings have now matured to include opportunities for enterprise adoption.

By 2012, 20% of organisations will own no IT assets*

Insight

How enterprises can make the most of the maturing cloud marketplace

PA expert Simon Dring discusses the key factors that are driving enterprise adoption of cloud technologies and how to identify the opportunities.

Making the most of the maturing cloud marketplace

How feasible is it for organisations to adopt the cloud computing?

PA expert argues that when developing a cloud strategy, CIOs need to understand what cloud solutions are feasible for their organisation.

Understanding what cloud solutions are feasible

Getting interoperability right to reap cloud computing benefits

CIOs are facing the challenge of ensuring that the individual services within their IT portfolio can work together, or interoperate, successfully. 

Smart

Helping to secure data in the cloud

To ensure a succesful adoption of cloud, organisations need to understand the data security issues they face and how to deal with them.

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Understanding the issues of sourcing in the cloud 

PA's Graham Beck considers three essential tasks that CIOs looking to source cloud-based services need to ensure they are able to achieve.

smart sourcing

Customer-supplier relationships in the cloud 

The integration of cloud computing into any organisation will spawn new types of customer-supplier relationships and transform existing ones.

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Living proof

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How to negotiate a better cloud computing contract