Shifting to the Cloud

There is little doubt that Cloud computing, in its various incarnations, will have its place in all enterprises. Its adoption provides significant opportunities to access and deliver services in increasingly cost effective and agile ways.

Cloud is on most executive’s agenda. However, management is still coming to grips on what it means to their organisation. Controlling the commercials, managing the risk to the business, adapting the business and people, and leveraging the benefits.

This workshop is designed to provide a holistic understanding of the Cloud and the tricks and traps for the commercially inexperienced in Cloud contracts, pricing, and SLAs.

First, we demystify all things Cloud and tear free of the buzzwords. We then explore how Cloud is changing business and government, including what are smart first move options. We delve into the regulatory environments both here and overseas, before diving into the standard Cloud contract clauses and why these are unlike other contracts you may have seen. In explaining the pricing and SLA options, we first delve into what is on offer, then into what is actually being sold and why.

From this point on, we focus on how to understand where people are in terms of their ability to shift to the Cloud and how we target and communicate with them. Lastly, we examine what a Cloud strategy needs to address and what success looks like.

For more information and discounts, please contact Sushil on 02 9080 4395 or email us at [email protected]

• Disruption and innovation- where the Cloud fits in
• Evolution of the Cloud- what’s the buzz?
• Cloud terminology- understanding the nomenclature

 
Getting on board the Cloud

• Changes in the Cloud- Commercially, it’s going to be different
  so new skills are required
• The adoption curve and the chasm- when will the Cloud
  become the norm?
• Government in the Cloud- the driving force for change in the
  industry
• Using the Cloud: a beginning- consider what to move to the
  Cloud and why

 
Cloud Contracts

• Regulatory environment- where is the industry at with Cloud
• Cloud contracts- key clauses in typical public Cloud contract

 
Cloud Commercials

• Understanding SLAs and KPI- performance standards offered
  by suppliers
• Pricing structures- Cloud pricing structures and the challenges.

 
Helping People

• Managing stakeholders and change- stakeholder emotional
  responses to shifting to the Cloud
• Communication- helping stakeholders get through the move
  using effective communications

 
Benefit Realisation

• Developing the strategy- forming a Cloud strategy and its key
  components
• Realising the benefits- understand when the move to the
  Cloud is successful.

Joe is a former CIO, as well as a former operations and development leader in various ITC providers. Joe’s experience of being on both the buy side representing customers, and the sell side representing suppliers, enables him to have a “two sides of the coin” view of projects and contracts and allows him to reach outcomes that are mutually beneficial to both parties, and ensuring success and sustainable relationships.

Joe has provided expert advice and trained over 1300 professionals on ICT systems strategy, outsourcing, strategic
contract management and governance with subjects that include; service level agreements, ICT and Cloud, tendering and contract management across Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and in the Asia Pacific region. Joe holds a Master of eBusiness and has previous taught at Monash University.