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Ark Group presents a preview of Chapter 4 of Rob Livingstones bookNavigating the Cloud.

Participants at the upcoming Cloud Assessment Framework Workshopwill receive a complimentary copy of Livingstones publication.

Rob will be providing participants with an evergreen, vendor andtechnology independent assessment framework with which to manage aCloud transition:

The Cloud Assessment Frameworkhttp://www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/Events-E013cloud.htm

One-day Workshop17 May 2012Rydges Melbourne, Australia


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To

Cathie,Douglas,NatashaandRo

bert

Thisproessionallywrittenbookclear

lyexplains,intermsrel-

evanttoallorganisations,theimplicationsandchallengesthat

managerswillaceinimplementingen

terpriseCloudcomput-

ing.B

as

edonrichexperienceinabroadrangeobusinesscon-

texts,th

isisabookthateverybusiness

leadershouldread

.

-ProessorKenDovey

Director:InormationTechnolo

gyManagement

Program,U

niversityoTechnology,Sydney,Australia.

Amus

t-readoranyexecutivetryingtodiferentiateCloud

hyper

om

reality.

Usingrealworldla

nguage,

itprovidesthe

readerwiththeknowledgetoasktherightquestionstodeter-

mineriskversusbusinessvalueandinn

ovation.

-CarolineBucknell

GeneralManager,CIOExecutiveCouncil

,Australia

Aprac

tical,no-nonsenseguideorbusinessexecutivesatall

levels.

-GeorginaSwan

Editor:CIOMagazine,A

ustralia

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ChapterFour

Afeldg

uidetothemana

gement

oCloud

vendors

ThesaleoClou

dsystemsdifersromtheapproachtakeninthe

saleoon-prem

isesITsystemsinanumberow

ays.

Understanding

thesesalesapproachesisimportantinyoubeing

abletoidentiy

thestrengthsandweaknesses

otheparticular

oferearlierin

thesalescycle,

therebysaving

youtime,

efort,

costandpotentialsurprisesandrustrationata

laterdate.

TheCloudprovidermaynotbedeliveringtheimplementa-

tionandsu

pportservices.Theseservicesm

aybeprovided

byarange

oconsultantsandbusinesspa

rtners,

whomay

havevaryin

gdegreesotechnicalexpertise

andexperience

Beawareotherisks,costsandbenetsass

ociatedwiththe

Cloudprov

iderseco-systemothirdparty

developerswho

marketthe

irapplicationsindependently

otheprovider,

butontheirCloudplatorm.

Examplesosuchmarketsin-

cludetheS

alesorceAppExchangeandG

oogleAndroid

market.


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NavigatingThroughtheCloud

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41

Thetakeawaymessagesrom

thischapterare:

InvolveyourITdepartmentinall

Clouddiscussionsrom

day

one

Do

notbeeasilyswayedontheba

sisoacompellingsot-

waredemonstrationalone.

Con

sidertheevidencebehindthe

demonstrationwiththe

ull

involvementoyourITdivision

IyourITexecutivesarereluctantto

participateintheCloud

discussion,i

dentiythereasonsor

thisanddealwiththem.

The

iractiveparticipationiscritica

ltothesuccessoyour

Cloudimplementations

Imp

lementanorganisationwideCloudprocurementpol-

icy

andcommunicatethistoallstakeholdersacrossyour

org

anisation

Org

anisationsmustclearlydenew

hoholdsaccountability

ortherisksandcostsassociatedwithCloudimplementation.

ChapterFive

Cloudvendorcontractand

legalco

nsiderations

ThecontractyousignwithyourCloudservice

providerisvery

important,as,u

nlikeon-premisesITsystems,youtypicallyonly

haverightstoretrievethedataandinormatio

nthatyouhave

loadedintothe

system.M

oreover,yourCloudsystemisexternal

toyourorganisation,

andisanentityoverwh

ichyouhaveno

physicalcontro

l.

Theollowing

actorsshouldbeconsideredin

yourvendorse-

lectionandneg

otiations:

Understand

yourCloudvendorscontract

Giventhematu

ringnatureotheCloudmarket:

Cloudprov

isioningcontractsmaynotbe

attheexpected

leveloma

turitytomeetthegenerallegal,regulatoryand

commercia

lcontractingrequirementsasapplicabletoyour

organisatio

n,a

nd

TherehasbeenlittlelegalprecedenceinrespectoCloud

contractlegalrulings.

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