"Business Cloud Computing": Looking at cloud computing from different perspectives

The Open group recently published a book titled "Business Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing for Business)", which has a different approach to cloud computing from a business perspective, which differs from the usual view of the corporate architect. It would be useful for line-of-business (LOB) departments and for the experts concerned with cloud computing, or for those who have just taken over the Enterprise cloud computing script.

Chris Harding, author of Business cloud Computing, is the Open group's team member and interoperability director, and believes that application development managers can be interested in the book because it will not be long before they can see their own application development tasks "leave their own builds", To sign a contract with an external cloud contractor.

"We offer some advice to those looking for the pros and cons of cloud computing," says co-author Mark Skilton. One of the drawbacks is locking the problem, and the cloud may not be as open as business users think. "We're trying to assess these risks," he says, "and you can lock yourself in a cloud like hosting or outsourcing." ”

Skilton that the biggest difference between cloud and SOA is its high profile in luxury suites (known to senior officials). Of course, cloud computing also involves extensive publicity. Skilton said when he recently landed in Los Angeles, he saw an ad in cloud computing, "I would never see such an ad in SOA," he says.

The book includes business use cases and business products, Harding Introduction. The business use case assists in describing "what environment the enterprise applies to the cloud and why," he said. Business products include questionnaires and decision trees, which are provided by the authors of this book through the construction process of cloud computing strategies.

"One of the key aspects of the decision tree is that the line of business can do a fitness form to find out if it is suitable for cloud computing," said co-author Penelope Gordon, a business and cloud architect for 1 plug companies. She stressed that the commodity-type process might be appropriate for the cloud journey, and that different companies differed because of the difference in business. "The place where the difference is most unsuitable for the beginning," she said.

Gordon says early cloud projects in the IT department often fail because they are too reliant on the motto "If you do this, there will be gains". "They want to know why they don't have a critical mass, but the driving force we see is that you have to make a commercial purchase," she said. As a result, in-house development is reduced and lob is added to external cloud-based software as a service (SaaS).

The cloud decision tree provided by the Open group is detailed, but not complex. What steps can be taken to create a framework for optimal cloud computing decisions? Here are some of the recommendations highlighted in business cloud computing:

Ask "Do you want to develop new products and services in the market, or explore existing markets with current products and services?" clearly consider the business process, identify specific processes or specific process areas. Ask "What is the scope of operations related to process complexity?" Consider how much information about the constraints associated with collaboration.