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Summary
Summary
A close look at cloud computing's transformational role in business
Covering cloud computing from what the business leader needs to know, this book describes how IT can nimbly ramp up revenue initiatives, positively impact business operations and costs, and how this allows business leaders to shed worry about technology so they can focus on their business. It also reveals the cloud's effect on corporate organization structures, the evolution of traditional IT in the global economy, potential benefits and risks of cloud models and most importantly, how the IT function is being rethought by companies today who are making room for the coming tidal wave that is cloud computing.
Why IT and business thinking must change to capture the full potential of cloud computing Topics including emerging cloud solutions, data security, service reliability, the new role of IT and new business organization structures Other titles by Hugos include: Business Agility: Sustainable Prosperity in a Relentlessly Competitive World and Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 2nd EditionPractical and timely, this book reveals why it's worth every company's time and effort to exploit cloud computing's potential for their business's survival and success.
Author Notes
MICHAEL HUGOS, Principal at the Center for Systems Innovation [c4si], writes, speaks and consults on strategies for IT and business agility and mentors development teams. He spent six years as CIO of a multibillion-dollar distribution cooperative developing a suite of supply chain and business systems, transforming the company's operations and revenue model. He won the CIO 100 Award and Premier 100 Award for his work, and is also author of Essentials of Supply Chain Management and Business Agility .
DEREK HULITZKY, Vice President of Content Development at a global technology media company, is a keen industry watcher with an intense focus on how CIOs and companies manage their technology teams and responsibilities. A seasoned technology marketer, he is an accomplished event and panel moderator with a rich background in technology content creation, audience development, and management.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Hugos and Hulitzky, business IT specialists, advocate the business context for cloud computing, noting industry changes that made this technology critical. Their book, essentially a guide to cloud computing for business managers, highlights the benefits of cloud computing and discusses a wide range of practical considerations and strategies for making the transition to cloud computing. Though the book does not focus on the complexity of the cloud as a technical theme, it furnishes information on a few issues relative to the technology, such as security. The book offers limited information on diverse projects of firms investing in cloud computing and on a methodology that might be integrated into a cloud computing strategy for business managers. Though these limitations are inherent in a book for business managers, this work does provide case studies and useful references and can serve as a good introduction for managers. In addition, the information might be beneficial to chief technology officers as a checklist to learning the business theme of the cloud if they are not already familiar with it. Lastly, the authors offer helpful information on the impact of the cloud computing paradigm for managers in industry. See also, Charles Babcock's Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution (CH, Dec'10, 48-2171). Summing Up; Recommended. Practitioners. J. P. Lawler Pace University
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Chapter 1 The Evolution and Future of Corporate Business Structures | p. 1 |
| Example of a New Corporate Organization Structure | p. 3 |
| Model of a Responsive Organization | p. 5 |
| A Cybernetic Economy | p. 7 |
| Cybernetics Is about Control and Communication | p. 9 |
| Profit Potential of Self-Adjusting Feedback Loops | p. 11 |
| Viable Systems Model: A Framework for Business Agility | p. 14 |
| A Cloud-Based Model for Business Organizations | p. 19 |
| Notes | p. 22 |
| Chapter 2 The New Economics of Business | p. 23 |
| Moving to a Variable Cost Operating Model | p. 24 |
| Information Technology Finally Becomes a Utility | p. 27 |
| Variable Cost IT Operations Enable Business Agility | p. 30 |
| A Combination of Technologies Creates Cloud Computing | p. 34 |
| Implications of the Transition to Cloud Computing | p. 38 |
| Notes | p. 41 |
| Chapter 3 Key Technologies Used in Cloud Computing | p. 43 |
| Cloud Computing Defined | p. 44 |
| Software-as-a-Service | p. 47 |
| Server Virtualization | p. 49 |
| Service-Oriented Architecture | p. 52 |
| Open Source Software | p. 54 |
| Web Development and Mashups | p. 58 |
| Blending It All Together | p. 60 |
| Notes | p. 61 |
| Chapter 4 Data Security and Service Reliability | p. 63 |
| Will Your Cloud Service Provider Be Here Next Year? | p. 63 |
| What to Look for in a Good Service Provider | p. 65 |
| Elements of Good Data Security Policy | p. 66 |
| Cyber Threats and Perimeter Security in Cloud Computing | p. 69 |
| Encryption: The Next Frontier of Data Security | p. 72 |
| Contracts, Service-Level Agreements, and Guarantees | p. 73 |
| Negotiating Service and Pricing | p. 77 |
| Performance Penalties and Restitution Clauses | p. 79 |
| Notes | p. 80 |
| Chapter 5 Moving to the Cloud: When and Where | p. 83 |
| A Business Strategy Based on Agility | p. 84 |
| Using the Cloud for Business Advantage | p. 87 |
| Business Applications with the Greatest Potential | p. 89 |
| Risk Considerations with the Cloud | p. 91 |
| Cloud Cost Considerations | p. 94 |
| Case Study: Selling ôDesigner Chocolatesö | p. 96 |
| Notes | p. 99 |
| Chapter 6 The Transition from Managing Technology to Managing Business Processes | p. 101 |
| The Fixed Cost of Maintaining Large Data Centers Is Being Challenged | p. 102 |
| Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds | p. 103 |
| Issues to Consider with Private Clouds | p. 107 |
| The Cloud Is a Platform for Managing Business Processes | p. 109 |
| Automate Routine Processes and Focus People on Handling Exceptions | p. 113 |
| Four Technologies that Enable Responsive Business Processes | p. 115 |
| Notes | p. 117 |
| Chapter 7 The New Role of Information Technology | p. 119 |
| Is Traditional IT Irrelevant? | p. 119 |
| A Tumultuous Ride for the Chief Information Officer | p. 121 |
| The End of IT as We Know It | p. 122 |
| Changes in IT and Business Unit Staffing | p. 123 |
| Evolution of the Traditional Corporate IT Department | p. 124 |
| Agile IT Professionals Using Cloud Technology will be Embedded in Business Operating Units | p. 125 |
| Cloud Computing Separates Data Center Operations from System Development | p. 127 |
| Do We Need Enterprise Technology Architects, or Business Architects? | p. 128 |
| Companies Are Investing In New Business Process Design | p. 129 |
| A Renewed Focus on Using Technology for Profit and Competitive Advantage | p. 132 |
| Notes | p. 135 |
| Chapter 8 Five Profit Enablers Driving Business to the Cloud | p. 137 |
| Harvard Medical School | p. 137 |
| Golden Gate University | p. 140 |
| Silicon Valley Education Foundation | p. 143 |
| Beachbody.com | p. 147 |
| Five Profit Enablers Driving Business to the Cloud ... and Away from Corporate Data Centers | p. 148 |
| Notes | p. 162 |
| Chapter 9 The Business Impact of Cloud Computing | p. 153 |
| New Economic Engines for Growth | p. 153 |
| Time to Get Agile and Reinvent Traditional Business Operations | p. 155 |
| Get Ready, Get Set, Go: Success in a Real-Time Economy | p. 157 |
| Interconnected, Adaptable, and Specialized | p. 159 |
| Collaboration Is Now More Profitable than Control | p. 163 |
| Necessity Makes Radical the New Normal | p. 165 |
| The Recovering Complexaholic | p. 169 |
| Notes | p. 170 |
| Chapter 10 Global Implications of the Cloud | p. 171 |
| Real-Time Global Collaboration | p. 171 |
| Serious Games | p. 173 |
| Cloud-Based Collaboration Enables a New Way of Working: The Dynamics of Swarming | p. 176 |
| Real-Time Visibility Could Make Us a Whole Lot Smarter | p. 180 |
| New Realities and New Opportunities | p. 183 |
| Notes | p. 188 |
| About the Authors | p. 191 |
| Index | p. 193 |
