"The Cloud Can Actually Mean Wonders For Many Of Us, If Used Correctly"

Use And Implementation Of Cloud In Business
With various Cloud service delivery models like Software-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Security-as-a-Service available today, many enterprises have started adopting them for basic services such as patch management, OS installation, resource upgrade, email, web hosting services and storage etc. with overall preference given to SaaS model.

One of the primary factors for adoption of Cloud Computing is the presence of huge number of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). ISVs generally have limited resources, but Cloud  Computing model provides them opportunities to utilize resources available at low cost. The Cloud can actually mean wonders for many of us if used correctly.

A Cloud and Cloud Service Provider can help by:
• Increase Cost Effectiveness
• Increase Operational Efficiency
• Increase Business Flexibility and Agility
• On demand Scalability
• Service Level Management
• Greater Disaster Recovery Capability
• Green IT initiatives

In the long run, these translate to a major shift in the organization’s IT strategy – the IT team is now more focused in understanding business requirements correctly, validate them, scope the hardware and software needs, and finally ensure that the same are delivered by the Cloud Service Provider.

However, Cloud comes at a price – data security and privacy!

Some controls for the so-familiar Google Cloud can be:
1) Google Corporate Security Policies
2) Organizational Security
3) Customer Data Asset Management
4) Access Control
5) Infrastructure Security