Generating Cloud Business Case

Cloud Computing is the latest buzzword in the IT industry. Businesses as well as governmental institutions are vying to experience the multiple advantages of transitioning their IT infrastructure on to the high-end cloud networks of highly reputed vendors.

It is predicted that the Cloud industry and services will grow by 25% by the end of 2012, with more and more organizations migrating to cloud based computing environments. The technology is still in its nascent stage and the initial growth in its popularity was on account of the benefits it bought to the organization:

• Reduced costs as Cloud Computing services are by nature pay-as-you-consume. Additionally organizations save on cost of ownership, licensing and maintenance.
• Efficient use of resources as the services are allocated dynamically on-demand
• Lower IT-related infrastructural constraints as businesses can now enjoy the services on virtual infrastructure.  
• Enhanced co-operation among the team members and staff spread across the globe

We at CIONNE follow a holistic approach towards transition to cloud computing, so that you derive the greatest Return on Investment (ROI). The migration to cloud services, such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS is not an ad-hoc decision and that your cloud business case is robust and bullet-proof.

Our approach to Cloud Business case

We work with your IT and the CIO’s team to:

• Analyze the IT needs of your organization
• Asses the capabilities and shortcomings of the legacy IT/ERP system
• Identify the business applications that can be profitably migrated on to the cloud
• Evaluate the pros and cons of Cloud transition and generate a strong business case for going ahead with new age IT outsourcing

Successful migration to Cloud requires a result-oriented approach, one based on optimizing long-term results, rather than maximizing operational profits in the long run. It is not necessary that subscription based, on-demand services over the internet prove to be profitable for your business model, just because it did for an audit firm based in London. A private cloud could be suited more to your business applications than a public cloud –which is what we will qualify.

We at CIONNE use standard business practices to generate a meticulously analyzed business case for migration to the cloud. The feasibility of such a transition is measured in terms of Total Cost of Ownership (lower) and Return on Investment (higher).

Our client-centric cloud business case approach focuses on:

• Determining the type of cloud form (private, public or hybrid) that satisfies all the needs of your business.
• Selecting the best cloud vendor services to meet your applications, data storage, mining and other informational computing needs in the most cost efficient way.
• Designing an efficient transition strategy and phased implementation with zero shut-down time for business processes.
• Ensuring high level of information security, data protection and solutions for vendor lock-in, with emphasis upon security, easy portability and scalability.
• High-end maintenance post implementation and transition to next generation platforms in future

In the nutshell, we will build a thoroughly researched business case for IT transformation to cloud networks, one that will leverage the pros and the cons in context of your organization’s functional objectives and business goals. An unplanned transition can cause severe losses for your organization. But, we make sure that you get everything that you expect: IT cost savings, pool of skilled and talented staff and perfect opportunities to capitalize upon just-in-time technologies on pay-on-demand basis.

If you want further details of how to generate a cloud business case with a no obligation one hour free consultation with our cloud experts, please write to us through our contact us page.