Mr. Shahar M. Raz, General Manager of Raz Technology Services has been invited to speak at the Cloud Expo Europe 2013 conference which will be held on 29th – 30th January at the National Hall Olympia in London, UK.
Don’t miss out on Mr. Raz’s expose “Where does my money go? – Budget and Capacity In the age of Cloud Computing” to be held on 29th January at 15:35 – 16:00.
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Some consider the financial aspects of Cloud Computing as real game changers. Different organizations and scenarios require different approaches, and there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution for that rapidly changing world of paying for information systems. Here are some of my personal observations.
In traditional computing environments, capacity planning could be a crucial part of many systems, many solutions and many technology adoption processes. One had to carefully estimate volume and calculate all required resources for systems to work as expected. Resources had to be purchased in advance, sometimes with long procurement-delivery-installation processes. The result of a mistake during capacity planning could be either under-utilized or under-powered systems. Capacity planning was a step project teams had to go through, because the outcome of that step included key information for some steps that followed.
Cloud Computing may offer faster processes, quicker adoption and implementation of solutions and technology. Sometimes decisions can be much easier made due to the nature of paying-per-resources-used mode of work. I find it important to align the offering of consulting models with the new Information Technology management approaches. In this post I’ll share my opinion and tips for companies willing to maximize their resources when working with technology consultants.
