moving to cloud computing:

organisational culture shift needed to move to the cloud

Ian Goodman

@30th August 2013

Cloud ComputingWhat is it?

definition:cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over the internet

Demystifying the Cloud: What is the Cloud?

How cloud is your organisation?

Name Organisation How cloud is your organisation

today?

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Demystifying the Cloud: What is the Cloud?

Reasons for moving to the cloud…Drivers

Technological Advances. Hardware more powerful, software more capable, Cloud emerges

Economic Climate - More for your money Flexibility - Organisations need to be agile Technically savvy staff/ ‘social networking’ generation A highly competitive IT industry

Consequences More new products and “ways of doing things” than at

any other time Charities need to get it right New set of challenges – Decision making,

implementation, support & maintenance Create a new culture within an organisation Need to develop up-to-date policies and procedures

charity leaders thoughts…Don’t let the technology lead you! Work out what your needs actually are before looking at solutions -Morgan Killick, MD ESP Projects

Cloud is just another way of delivering and consuming IT, nothing more - John Easton, Distinguished Engineer, IBM

Evaluate securty carefully. But remember, the big suppliers probably have more people working on this that you have in your whole organisation - Richard Copper, Charity Technology Trust

There are plenty of lovely no-cost cloud tools available that do just one thing REALLY well - Josh Hoole, Partner Manager, Communities 2.0

Preperation via Change Management Processes are crucial as technological changes can impact any aspect of an organisation - Stony Grunow, CEO, Third Sector IT

http://www.slideshare.net/LasaCharity/cloudsourcing2013

What are the key (claimed) advantages?

Reduction of on premise hardware

Can prolong the life of the client machines

Centralised management

Provides better Disaster Recovery

Most providers offer a guaranteed up time of more than 99%

Flexibility – can scale up & down

Lower cost of ownership??

Environmentally Friendly??

Cloud Assumption

What are the most common Cloud assumptions?

– Pros

– Cons

– Fears

Cloud Assumption

giant leap vs

small steps

Making the shift

How will moving to the cloud benefit your

organisation?

How will it help your organisations meet its objectives

Assess different option – scorecard

Be realistic of costs, count everything…migration costs,

hardware

Can you get your data back

Culture Shift

• There will be resistance

• Grab easy wins to kick off

• Sell the benefits

• Have a clear process

• Training and support

• Use Cloud Champions

Finding Cloud tools by function

Back Office – including databases, accounting, file management etc

Publishing – social media, audio/video, web tools

Collaboration – document sharing, project management

Events and Meetings – planning, booking, online meetings

Big bang approach – move everything to the cloud

Charity Cloud

Microsoft 365

Further reading…

Cloud – what every charity leader should know -

http://www.slideshare.net/LasaCharity/cloudsourcing2013

Cloud computing choices for charities -http://

www.charitiesmanagement.com/charity-it.html

Charity Tech News - http://www.charitytechnews.co.uk/tag/cloud

/

ICT Knowledgebase - http://

www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/internetbasedsoftware

Further reading…

What is managing change? -

http://knowhownonprofit.org/leadership/change/basics-on-mana

ging-change/copy_of_what-is-managing-change

Cloud Computing Worldwide –

http://www.ctt.org/resource_centre/getting_started/cloud_1

This Presentation-

www.slideshare.net/goodchapsays/cloud-culture