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Cloud computing is new and different ball game. Success in cloud computing era is not automatic but need to obtained with deliberate efforts. Here is a list of essential skill needed in the context of cloud computing world as listed by Joe McKendrick , a Forbes contributor. Business and financial skills: Cloud computing proponents need to be able to make the business case for a cloud deployment, or to nix a cloud project that doesn’t meet these needs. They also need to be able to build a return on investment (ROI) case, and monitor and make judgment calls on metrics based on business performance versus the costs of supporting or subscribing to the cloud.  Cloud computing is very much a powerful business tool, and business-savvy evangelists are needed to make it work for enterprises.   Technical skills:   While the types and extent of skills required on staff will depend on how much of the cloud will be built and managed in-house, there’s no question

Are you wondering whether you need cloud computing or not. Here is an answer from http://cloudtweaks.com   Cloud computing, often referred to as cloud storage, is a service that allows users to access and store information on a server that is hosted over the internet. All of the storage is considered self-service and the user is responsible for updating, downloading and managing their own storage. Rather than installing these storage solutions on a device, users can access their cloud storage online through their web browser using the provider’s site. Versatility Cloud computing allows a user to perform a multitude of tasks online from any device and all items are updated in real time. Users likely already utilize some form of cloud service – only they do not realize it. For example, small businesses that use QuickBooks Online are already using a form of cloud service for their bookkeeping. Cloud applications are part of the cloud computing family since they operate entirel

Making a dent in the Internet and generally doing stuff before everyone else makes you a pioneer. A term often reserved for the curious prospectors and miners, who settled the West. Cornerstone On Demand  provides workplace solutions and talent management software (essentially software that helps companies with training, recruiting, and performance). They began doing this far before the term “talent management” became common. Though the company launched on November 8, 1999 — at a time when they could have become a CD-rom-based business, CEO Adam Miller projected that building software “ across the Web ” would be a savvier choice. He was right.  “We started the company in one-bedroom apartment,” he said. “Back then, there was no such thing as ‘cloud computing.’ There was no such thing as ‘software as a service.’ Back then we just called it ‘stuff over the Internet.’” Here is complete success

Cloud computing involves few special legal considerations beyond those involved in traditional computing provision. Hence some reassessment of the legal risks in necessary in the light of changes that cloud computing introduces. Cloud computing may not be appropriate for all users, for all occasions- particularly where security of data and personal data are involved. This may require the institution to to adopt suitable policies and guidance in order to define in what circumstances and for what purposes the cloud computing services are appropriate. Here is a reference on the same Cloud Computing and The Law for senior management and Policy makers 

Cloud Computing: A Strategy Guide for Board level Executive  This paper published in 2009  examines the issues around cloud computing in its true sense of the meaning i.e the public cloud. However, many of the points can be applied to applied to private cloud. Regardless of which route you end up following ( private, public or hybrid) business expectations of what you should be getting for your investment remain the same. Here is the complete paper Cloud Computing: A Strategy Guide for Board level Executive 

"Whether they're just buying travel insurance or filing a medical claim or they're a provider trying to get paid or someone in deep trouble, they need to be able to reach us immediately," Reed said. Leveraging cloud computing was Reed's answer to providing instant service. Seven Corners also found that this shift to cloud for mission critical applications -- from building the cloud-based applications  its many customers and partners use, to managing security, to processing chargeback to business users -- required a reordering of IT skills. "It has completely changed the way we have to staff and manage all this stuff," Reed said. "My guys who used to be just desktop jockeys, they're not desktop jockeys anymore. We have a lot less guys running around carrying broken hardware and more guys looking at screens and analyzing what's going on." For complete story here 

Tata Consultancy Services, the country’s largest software exporter, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pune-based start-up Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) for Rs 188 crore ($34 million). CRL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata group’s holding company Tata Sons, is into high performance computing (HPC) solutions. TCS would acquire the entire stake, the IT major said in a statement. “CRL’s core capabilities in designing and building high-performance environments, coupled with our strong focus on cloud-based, domain-rich industry platforms makes TCS very relevant to address the customers’ growing requirement of HPC applications,” TCS Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer N. Chandrasekaran said. CRL, which had developed Tata group’s supercomputer Eka, has about 80 employees who will be inducted into TCS after the acquisition, a company official said. However, the time frame for the completion of the acquisition was not disclosed. for complete story see

Everyone is talking about the cloud. Business applications are moving to the cloud. The shift from traditional software models to Internet based solutions has steadily gained momentum over the last 10 years. The next decade promises new ways of collaboration , via cloud computing and mobile devices. Life before cloud computing for traditional business applications was always quite complicated, not to mention expensive. The amount and variety of hardware and software required to run them was daunting. You needed a whole team of experts to install, configure, test, run, secure, and update them. The single most important benefit of becoming a 100% cloud based company is for us to focus on our core competency. Cloud computing has eliminated the management of traditional software and hardware headaches, that now becomes the responsibility of an experienced SaaS vendor like Salesforce.com. IaaS now lets us leverage industry specific experts that manage a highly scalable, redundant