Enterprise Cloud Level 5

The primary business benefit of Cloud computing is that it can enable organizations to achieve a 'Level 5′ BPM maturity.

BPM stands for Business Process Management, and how effectively an organization has mastered this science can be quantified on a maturity scale, ranging from 1-5.

Michael invented the concept of Business Process Re-engineering in the 80′s, setting the scene for an entire industry of related consulting and enterprise software to implement it.

For Cloud computing it is the 'Infrastructure' element we're particularly interested in. It begins with "fragmented legacy IT systems" and concludes with a level 5 ranking of:

"An IT system with a modular architecture that adheres to industry standards for interenterprise communication support the process."