Cloud computing: Leveraging shared services for it transformation

The boom in Cloud computing over the past few years has led to a situation that is common to many innovations and new technologies. Many enterprises have heard of it however, very few actually understand what it is and, more importantly, the way to adopt the ‘Cloud’ and to leverage it to their benefit. Cloud computing has huge implications for IT and provides a new platform to help with these economic times^ The advantage of the new offerings allows us to focus on innovation and business delivery. If leveraged properly it will become a competitive advantage for enterprises that are now increasingly looking for new and innovative ways to cut cost while maximizing value. Cloud Computing technology and services have been witnessing quite a lot of attention for the past couple of years now. The enterprises are exploring the possibilities to critically evaluate the applicability and suitability of this technology for their specific businesses.

In the first phase, the paper will discuss the evolution of cloud and will attempt to clarify the issues and challenges faced by the organizations and how they can be curbed by offering a comprehensive adoption plan for the enterprises and thus leading to IT transformations. The paper also provides an insight to the key considerations that the enterprises need to take into account before embarking on cloud computing offerings. How does the cloud computing change the technology architecture.

In the second phase the paper will provide analysis of many on-ramp to cloud computing. It would conceptually analyze the services that can be delivered through cloud computing, taking advantage of the cloud technology.

The study is based on intensive research through secondary sources like journals, magazines, websites etc.