Cloud computing represents the next evolutionary step toward elastic IT. It promises to transform the way your IT infrastructure is constituted and managed, through consumable services for infrastructure, platform, and applications. The big picture is to convert your IT infrastructure from a “factory” into a “supply chain”.
But there are a number of concerns with adopting this model, most notably around maturity levels, security and compliance, performance and reliability, relinquishing control of IT assets outside of organisational walls, and transition of production environments.
This white paper provides important insights into these areas:
• Outlines important definitions related to cloud computing
• Security and compliance when using external services
• Challenges that IT will face as it evolves to incorporating the cloud
• How to deal with these challenges through targeted user scenarios
• Discusses next generation IT-management solutions to manage the cloud