Edge of the Cloud » IT Costs http://edgeofthecloud.com Chet Kapoor’s view on the cloud & the API economy Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Has the CIO really “died?” http://edgeofthecloud.com/2009/06/has-the-cio-really-%e2%80%9cdied%e2%80%9d/ http://edgeofthecloud.com/2009/06/has-the-cio-really-%e2%80%9cdied%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:13:17 +0000 Chet Kapoor http://edgeofthecloud.com/?p=259 TechRepublic wrote a piece on the changing role of the CIO in today’s economic and cloud computing landscape. There’s no question that the role of the CIO changes when a company moves to the cloud, I’d hardly say the role has become undeserving of the C-level. Patrick Gray writes that IT will likely split into two areas – purely operational and internal consultancy.

The operational and business consultant sides of the CIO won’t necessarily separate as Gray indicates. Yes, a lot of operational aspects are handled for you when you move to the cloud, but there is still very real work to be done in maintaining security and control in the cloud that is directly related to C-level business efforts. No doubt we’ll see the position of the CIO evolve, but the role is still vital to business & IT operations.

]]> http://edgeofthecloud.com/2009/06/has-the-cio-really-%e2%80%9cdied%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1 Cloud computing will make IT more strategic http://edgeofthecloud.com/2009/05/cloud-computing-will-make-it-more-strategic/ http://edgeofthecloud.com/2009/05/cloud-computing-will-make-it-more-strategic/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 21:43:02 +0000 Chet Kapoor http://edgeofthecloud.com/?p=223 A recent survey by Savvis showed that companies are looking to external IT resources to increase efficiency and shave costs. Savvis’ CTO, Bryan Doerr, best sums up the survey’s findings: “The survey confirms that organizations who outsource more IT infrastructure services are doing better than their counterparts by focusing IT resource on developing and managing business critical applications. Many IT leaders are being forced to do more with less budget in 2009. Cloud computing can help businesses achieve cost savings and efficiencies, and gain cost, control and end-user experience metrics, often in combination with traditional managed services.”

The study claims that 72% of US companies think cloud computing will play an important role in helping companies, especially in today’s economy – reducing infrastructure costs is cited as a big strategy for “doing more with less.” The main takeaway confirms what we’ve been seeing – selectively using cloud services will cut infrastructure costs and increase IT operations efficiency.

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