Cloud Computing - A Reality Check
Presented by Rasika Versleijen, IDC's Senior Market Analyst and Steve Hornblow, Microsoft's Cloud Lead.
Held on the 1st of June in Auckland at the Intergen THINK breakfast.
Cloud Computing – A Reality Check
Over the past two years, cloud computing has become one of the most hyped topics in the IT industry. Despite the talk, few organisations are walking the walk. Why?
At this THINK breakfast event we looked at cloud computing in the context of the New Zealand marketplace with a view to help attendees understand:
The Cloud Journey
- Where have we come from?
- Key attributes of the cloud and common deployment models
- What are the current adoption rates, short-term and long-term benefits and the challenges of cloud computing
- Has the promise of cloud delivered?
How to Drive Business Innovation through Cloud Computing
- The role of the consumer and optimising the supply chain
Cloud and the Data Explosion
- With ever-increasing amount of information, how can the cloud support the consumption and analysis of data
The Economics of the Cloud
- What are the key business and financial benefits of adopting a cloud solution?
Rasika Versleijen-Pradhan, Senior Services Analyst at leading analyst firm IDC and Steve Hornblow from Microsoft talked about the reality of cloud computing as it applies to New Zealand organisations. IDC presented local and international research on cloud computing and the business benefits these solutions deliver, while Microsoft talked about the economics of cloud computing and provided an update on its offerings