Monday 18 June 2012

Open Group publishes cloud computing guide for SMEs

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"Cloud computing won’t be the answer to all of the above. But it can help simplify IT so that SMEs stay business-focused."

"IT organisations of SMEs should consider the idea of becoming an IT service broker where services are provided to consumers through a pay-per-use arrangement and an as needed business model while sourced from outside from cloud service providers."

The Open Group believes that the cloud computing model can also help SMEs attract additional revenue. By sourcing IT services from outside the organisation, SMEs benefit from a reduced time-to-market, which will gain them new customers that might have gone to competitors previously, and in turn prevents those competitors from becoming stronger, it said.

IT organisations don’t have to invest in IT assets anymore, but instead ‘rent’ them from cloud service providers. But only as long as they are needed by the consumers," reads the report.

"Reducing and/or optimising costs is the keyword here, and the adoption of cloud computing can support this objective."

 

Read more: http://goo.gl/TEx8U

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