I've Looked At Cloud From Both Sides Now

Main Theater Fri 1:00 PM — 45 min Algis Kibirkstis I've Looked At Cloud From Both Sides Now It seems that all organizations these days are either migrating critical computing capabilities to the Cloud, or have already done so. The benefits can be significant from financial, administrative and elasticity perspectives, but what about the drawbacks - such as the loss of hands-on control, the over-reliance on service level agreements and third-party audit reports, and the potential lock-in with Cloud providers? This tongue-in-cheek presentation will present the pros and cons of running critical computing services in the Cloud, highlight Cloud-related business risks, and expose the potential pitfalls when organizations don’t sufficiently staff up to perform adequate assessment, oversight and control on these external infrastructures and services.