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Risks
There are business risks involved in moving to the cloud – will it cost more in the long run? Will this off-the-shelf system provide me the flexibility I may need for future projects? Will clients be unhappy with their information being held off-site? Legal issues should also be considered – what will it cost if they sue for losses or breaches? If I have to prove I followed regulations, can my cloud company provide a proper audit trail?
Proper risk assessment should be carried out for every aspect of the business that you may want to move to the cloud. What about service outages? Will I be first on the fix list? What are the disaster recover plans?
How do you know if your cloud provider has service issues? You can't, but you can minimise the risks
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There are still concerns over running mission-critical apps in the cloud - but there needn't be
Many organisations use software escrow for peace of mind but this doesn't work with cloud - what options are available?
Cloud computing uses technology to break down national borders but unfortunately legal systems cannot be evaded so easily
Virtualisation giant sheds light shadow IT issues
A new interview with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suggests he's been won over by cloud
IT recruitment site CWJobs.co.uk claims IT workers are keen to develop cloud skills, but don't know where to turn
Security vendor's research suggests 83 per cent of enterprises are bypassing IT to get to the cloud
Privacy campaigner highlights virtually unknown US legislation, but cloud watchers claim it's nothing to worry about
