Business in the Cloud: What Every Business Needs to Know About Cloud Computing

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 research so they can focus on their business. It as well 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 in other words cloud computing.

Practical 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.

Michael Hugos, Principal at the Center for Systems Technology [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 as well author of Essentials of Supply Chain Management and Business Agility. DEREK HULITZKY, Vice President of Content Development at a global innovation media company, is a keen industry watcher with an intense focus on how CIOs and companies manage their research 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.