Corporate storage in the cloud is coming
Despite a few of my esteemed friends worrying about the security and availability of cloud-storage I can see the writing on the wall for those views, especially as Microsoft unveils it's SkyDrive (Storage in the cloud SkyDrive is out of beta and available in 38 countries - Mauricio).
And with Microsoft not only signing up to the DataPortability Group but being an active member (Microsoft Makes Public Commitments to Data Portability and Interoperability - ReadWriteWeb) the world of the IT Department is being changed into a consumer one by the very vendors that IT Departments are looking to "save" them.
The fear from IT Departments is many fold:
What I think needs much more communication and validation is the underlying business risks with using the "cloud as storage" ... that is a joint IT/business decision and one that needs to occur in a room of honesty and openness.
Knee jerk reactions benefit no-one.
And with Microsoft not only signing up to the DataPortability Group but being an active member (Microsoft Makes Public Commitments to Data Portability and Interoperability - ReadWriteWeb) the world of the IT Department is being changed into a consumer one by the very vendors that IT Departments are looking to "save" them.
The fear from IT Departments is many fold:
- loss of control ("when it's our environment we are the gatekeepers")
- handing over of IP to ...who? (a business decision, not ITs)
- inability to hold vendors to SLA
- inability to track resources for the future
- inability to provide augmented services
- ...
What I think needs much more communication and validation is the underlying business risks with using the "cloud as storage" ... that is a joint IT/business decision and one that needs to occur in a room of honesty and openness.
Knee jerk reactions benefit no-one.
- a brave new world
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