By Howard Rubin, Product Marketing Manager, Backup and Recovery Systems
For any enterprise to consider the outsourcing of IT operations to the cloud, the organizational and operational benefits have to be financially vetted. Handing over long-standing IT business practices can cause angst and concern all the way up the IT food chain. Some of the most cited reasons that organizations shy away from public cloud adoption include:
- Data privacy concerns
- Belief that cloud computing needs to mature more
- Performance concerns
- Regulatory or compliance concerns
- Loss of control and visibility
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The last bullet, loss of control and visibility, is key to helping alleviate the concern with cloud computing. With the right service portal features, proper education, and customer validations, cloud service providers can overcome the real and the perceived barriers. A common method of initiating cloud computing for organizations that have concerns is by using it to augment their existing computing environments. Enterprises may start by offloading certain applications to an as-a-service (aaS) model (such as Backup as a service), or by experimenting with adding compute or storage capacity in the cloud instead of buying additional on-site equipment. When delivered along with impactful financial reporting and a user-friendly self-service portal, IT organizations will likely attain a comfort level before committing wholeheartedly to a larger cloud-based deployment.
What are your cloud hesitations or misgivings? Is your data too big to backup? What will it take for you to move part or all of your process to the cloud? Team up with an EMC trusted cloud partner and take control of your journey.
