Avoid These Mistakes in Your Cloud Strategy

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Daily Edge October 31, 2011 Five Mistakes Companies Make in Their Cloud Strategies The term "cloud" has become one of the most commonly used and most often misunderstood words in IT today. According to Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, when a company doesn't fully define what the cloud can do for it, it leads to a less-than-optimized strategy that underserves the organization. To help IT pros avoid common pitfalls, Logicalis has identified five mistakes companies make in their cloud strategies. Read more > Get the Infrastructure RSS Feed   Meet your 2012 budget The most advanced data center solutions in the world. Get the competitive advantage you're looking for. Run the numbers with CyrusOne. > Blogs Don Tennant From Under the Rug What Steve Jobs Left Us That Matters Most Rob Enderle Unfiltered Opinion EMC's Advice to IT on the Cloud: Learn to Market Your Services or Kiss Your Jobs Goodbye Ann All Business of Tech Microsoft Updates Dynamics CRM with Social Features Think It, Plan It, Build It: 3 Steps to a Drupal Website   Take a tour through Drupal for the easy-to-follow set-up, site administration, and even content organization of your website. Take it now > Tip Sheet Introduces Benefits of Microsoft Visio Microsoft Visio has been the industry standard software for creating flowcharts and network diagrams for well over a decade. As with all the Office suite applications, Visio has evolved beyond its roots as a simple drawing tool, and in the 2010 edition offers a wide range of advanced features, including mapping diagrams to live data as a front-end for business intelligence dashboards in SharePoint. TEM, Now More Than Ever The radical shift in the way enterprises use telecommunications means that far greater efficiencies in the overall pricing structure are possible. Indeed, the potential impact of Telecom Expense Management — TEM — is massive. Joe Basili, managing director of TEMIA, tells IT Business Edge blogger Carl Weinschenk that the most important issues at this juncture are the transition to mobile, the move to data from voice and the end of unlimited contracts. Download: Visio 2010 Quick Reference Guide Visio makes designing and sharing a flowchart of any business process or technical architecture much easier. This quick reference guide will bring even the novice user up to speed on the visual drawing tool from Microsoft. Latest White Papers Physical Threats in the DC — New Monitoring Best Practices iOS SOS: Keeping Mobile Management Mayhem to a Minimum A Big Picture View of Information Systems Design Buying a Business Phone System? Avoid These 10 Mistakes Featured White Papers Software Asset Management (SAM) Processes & Tools Read how software asset management can be a service enabler, leading to accurate budget forecasting and long-term service efficiencies. •  How the Latest Threats Work and How to Keep Your Business Safe •  Mobile Device Management for Android Devices •  Enterprise Data Governance: The Human Element "I am a big proponent of Telecom Expense Management (TEM). It's the corporate equivalent of finding a 10-dollar bill in the pocket of a jacket being taken to the cleaners." Excerpt from Carl Weinschenk Data and Telecom Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise