CIO OPINION
CIO
opinion
CIO OPINION
“
A CLOUD
STRATEGY IS NOT MEANT
TO BE AN IT SHOWCASE
OF SORTS. THE PRIME
PURPOSE IS BUSINESS
INNOVATION, BUSINESS
AGILITY, AND SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT IN IT
OPERATIONS AND COST.
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Yasser Zeineldin, CEO of eHosting DataFort
CIOs need to build
a cloud strategy to
boost innovation
With many enterprise
CIOs still looking to
formulate a well-defined
cloud strategy, it’s worth
remembering that such
an approach has the
potential to become a
blueprint for progress,
says Yasser Zeineldin, CEO
of eHosting DataFort.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
T looking, digital processes, job roles and
change in organisational structure. Here
is a checklist of pointers on how CIOs can
build their cloud strategies:
However, on the flip side, many enterprise
CIOs have still to announce and
formulate a well-defined cloud strategy
for their internal IT and business end-
users. If well thought out and articulated,
a cloud strategy can become a blueprint
for the roll out of revamped and forward 1. List the expected business outcomes
The starting point for any cloud strategy
is to get a complete picture of the desired
business outcomes over a short and
medium term. At this stage it is important
to focus on the benefits from the point of
view of the business end-users rather than
IT end-users. A successful cloud strategy
sets up a culture of self-service across the
organisation, adding in new business end-
users into the organisation’s connected
network, thereby fostering a culture of
self-driven innovation.
he role of cloud as an IT and
business tool is now more
than a decade old. Globally, IT
departments are migrating their business
applications from on-premises to public
cloud platforms at a continuous pace.
Gartner, a global market research player,
expects this rate to pick up as legacy
systems reach their end of life support
and migration projects get underway.
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