Cloud computing

Cloud computing could address significant issues in how Information Communication Technology (ICT) is managed and delivered; what key considerations should organisations be aware of?

Across the globe organisations are contending with the latest technology panacea – cloud computing. Allegedly a shift in landscape that promises riches reminiscent of many a bold claim from the IT industry in the last 20 years; cost and time efficiencies; delivering a distributed business model; dynamic scalability and flexibility; greater access to enterprise level IT resources.

This phenomenon is expected to grow quickly; Gartner predicts the market in cloud computing will be worth $150 billion by 2013.

Cloud computing is really a further iteration of the way that ICT is delivered and hence consumed. However beware; in a relatively short space of time it has spawned its own derivatives; a sure sign that it is still a developing concept and, as such, so is the legal framework which seeks to govern it.

Cloud computing is definitely not a ‘one size fits all’ but there are considerable benefits to be realised, as our research indicates. Careful consideration of what this development has to offer your organisation is essential; along with a thorough understanding of the contractual implications in what is still nascent development.

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