Tag: Cloud Strategy

Six Cloud Strategy Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

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The cloud’s greatest benefits can quickly become drawbacks without a strong cloud strategy

The cloud has gone from being a trend to being inevitable in every digital initiative an organization will undertake.

The benefits of the cloud are far reaching and significant. It saves money, improves and accelerates innovation, and makes organizations more agile in meeting market trends and competitive pressures. But effectively leveraging the cloud is no easy feat, and doing it wrong could lead to more problems than it solves.

Fortunately, the right data strategy can iron out any wrinkles in an organization’s digital initiatives. Only after the massive amount of data produced by cloud-based systems is appropriately managed and analyzed can a cloud strategy deliver the promised value to the organization.

Download your copy of Six Cloud Strategy Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them and learn how you can develop a strong data strategy and platform to:

  • Eliminate runaway costs
  • Retain stability while accelerating innovation
  • Ensure security in the cloud
  • Better integrate new tools
  • And get the most of your data

Why Your Cloud Strategy Needs a Data Strategy

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Only by harnessing your data with the right platform will your cloud strategies succeed

Digital transformation is an existential necessity. No CXO needs to be convinced of its importance, as they’re all looking to innovate faster, more securely and with greater efficiency.

As such, organizations are turning to cloud infrastructure, platforms and services to evolve and remain competitive. But organizations must keep in mind that the apparent simplicity of adopting the cloud adds complexity through growing sets of data streams, applications and services to manage and secure.

This is especially true considering that different parts of an organization can be at varying stages in the journey. If it’s not done thoughtfully and with a data strategy at its core, the adoption of cloud technology fueling digital transformation can become a liability.

Download your copy of Why Your Cloud Strategy Needs a Data Strategy and discover how you can leverage the right data platform to ensure a data-first strategy that helps you:

  • Secure real-time visibility into the health and performance of critical business workloads in the cloud
  • Control costs and realize economic benefits as demands also grow
  • Maintain a strong security posture in the cloud
  • Adopt and operationalize emerging cloud-native technologies

The Path to a Successful Cloud Strategy

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The IT industry is currently in the largest, most challenging, most disruptive, and most important transition ever. Today, IT departments everywhere are being tasked with moving away from the traditional cost center model and transforming into revenue-generating innovation centers. Many see transformation as a necessity for survival, but simply surviving will never been enough. There’s a bigger opportunity here – by transforming IT, you can transform your business.

But why now? Any why is the shift so radical?

Successful cloud transformations will start with generating a solid cloud strategy that factors in desired business outcomes, workloads, migration planning, team skills and budget.

It’s a journey Lenovo, powered by Intel®, has helped many organizations successfully navigate, from designing their cloud strategy to implementing and managing their cloud hardware. In this eBook, we’ll follow the development of an organization’s cloud strategy during their transformation journey.

E-book: Managing data and analytics in the public cloud

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Do Cloud Better with an Enterprise Data Cloud

Businesses are embracing digital transformation and the shift to the cloud, recognizing the impact it offers on performance, agility and access. Yet many companies struggle to utilize the cloud effectively due to legacy applications, security, and cost. Overcoming these obstacles and moving to the cloud can allow companies to better manage data and analytics.

Read this ebook to:

  • Learn how a strong data strategy that  supports business objectives can help you develop the most appropriate cloud strategy
  • Discover how to best leverage cloud technologies to meet the needs of both business and IT users
  • Understand how enterprises can simultaneously enjoy cost savings, flexibility, and security