Get Secured via Cloud

Cloud is changing the way we consume/approach security. Gartner’s recent prediction buoyed the enthusiasm of the Cloud supporter, “Increased adoption of cloud-based computing is expected to impact the way security is consumed as well as how key government agencies will prioritize security of public cloud infrastructures”.

 

 

Now check out what Gartner has to say about the security solutions industry for 2013 and beyond:

 

• By 2016, public cloud infrastructure will include and be mandated to critical national infrastructure regulations by the U.S.
•  By 2015, 10 percent of overall IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud.
•  By 2015, 20 percent of the VPN/firewall market will be deployed in a virtual switch on a hypervisor rather than a physical security appliance.

Cloud Changes the Game in Sourcing Market

Seeing the latest development around the world, specific to Cloud, I can’t help but agree with Gartner’s recent views, “Sourcing managers must consider the opportunities and risks presented by the convergence of social, information, mobile and cloud when re-evaluating sourcing options, delivery models and vendors.”

 

The following pointers definitely important and can be game-changers in the sourcing market

 

• Growing cloud adoption will force sourcing managers to reconsider sourcing governance techniques and contracting practices
•  Revised mobile strategies, such as bring your own device (BYOD) and mobile applications availability, will expand IT service sourcing requirements as users demand new services
•  New information channels, coupled with data management and reliability issues, will make sourcing options analysis and vendor evaluations more complicated and more critical
•  Social technologies will change the way that sourcing organizations interact with suppliers and customers, from requirements definition, through contract negotiation and vendor performance evaluation

Top 10--Cloud's Transformational Impacts in 2013

Did you read the interesting insight Top 10 Transformational Impacts of the Cloud in 2013 delivered by the tech major NJVC?

Here are the top 10:

1. Cloud technologies will converge.

2. Custom software will hit the cloud.

3. Integration will become the new “killer app.”

4. India and outsourcing countries will drive industry adoption of PaaS worldwide.

5. Major data centers will go undergo a “survival-of-the-fittest” scenario.

6. Health IT will adopt PaaS to replace niche “dinosaur” apps.

7. Organizations will rapidly adopt cloud services brokerages.

8. The U.S. government will re-think major IT contracts.

9. Innovation and entrepreneurship will hit overdrive.

10. Cloud adoption will move from an option to a "must have."


Read the whole report for a better insight.

Differentiate Business and Tech Need

Did you adopt Cloud because Business dictated it or was it a technology requirement and decision? If it is the former, then the approach might lead to a potential failure. The reason being that such cloud initiatves moved with no clear requirements or metrics to measure the objectives or a strategy to keep in pace with the technological need of the organization.

Cloud calls for a paradigm shift from legacy to the latest. It calls for a different approach to procure, deploy, monitor, manage and control IT.

It is important to remember that Cloud should not be a standalone decision of Business or Tech, rather it would be a joint approach and decision so as to seamlessly integarte the technological need with the business objectives of the organization.

Cloud Workforce Challenge

Organizations are adopting cloud at a good pace. But the challenge is finding the appropriate and experienced people in the cloud domain. No wondor finding a cloud professional seems to be a challenge for the HR.

But one thing organizations need to keep in mind is that cloud is a new tech so obviously finding the appropriate professional for the role would be challenge at least for the next two years. Hence, in this scenario it would make sense for the organizations to hitch their cloud wagon with some experienced vendor. Or if you want to do it on your own, better train your own workforce and take them to next level of cloud competent professional.

Build Your Cloud Strategy before adopting

Recently, I have been seeing reports of a number of companies facing issues with Cloud. Upon closer inspection, it seems that those companies seemed to have adopted Cloud without really having a strategy or planning out the Cloud roadmap.

The main reason being that it is easy to adopt Cloud nowadays-- just go on the web, search for a vendor and pay!! Bingo, you are on Cloud!!

But you seem to be missing the basic tenet of management-- have a plan, have a strategy!! Without a plan or a srategy you will end up in a mess. Remember Cloud gives you easy access to tech and apps, but it's not magic wand to take care of your unknown issues.

So plan, build a stratgey and then adopt Cloud!! And then you will see the magic of Cloud 

BaaS for Mobile apps developers

BaaS or Backend as a Service has come as boon for the mobile app development industry. The mobile developer and organizations are extremely skilled in creating or developing customer facing interfaces, but the back-end becomes a challenge for them.

BaaS can potentially take care of all the back-end infrastructure requirements of the mobile apps industry, and enable the organizations to focus on their core skill. Interestingly, back-end-as-a-service not only gives you the flexibility and scalability but also provides you with an integration platform into the existing enterprise services.

This Cloud service has captured a niche market, and is exciting enough to make a large number of vendors add it to their lists of growing Cloud offerings.