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
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