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| cloud computing for business leaders: Business in the Cloud Michael H. Hugos, Derek Hulitzky, 2010-11-02 A close look at cloud computing's transformational role in business Covering cloud computing from what the business leader needs to know, this book describes how IT can nimbly ramp up revenue initiatives, positively impact business operations and costs, and how this allows business leaders to shed worry about technology so they can focus on their business. It also reveals the cloud's effect on corporate organization structures, the evolution of traditional IT in the global economy, potential benefits and risks of cloud models and most importantly, how the IT function is being rethought by companies today who are making room for the coming tidal wave that is cloud computing. Why IT and business thinking must change to capture the full potential of cloud computing Topics including emerging cloud solutions, data security, service reliability, the new role of IT and new business organization structures Other titles by Hugos include: Business Agility: Sustainable Prosperity in a Relentlessly Competitive World and Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition Practical and timely, this book reveals why it's worth every company's time and effort to exploit cloud computing's potential for their business's survival and success. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Leadership, Management, and Adoption Techniques for Digital Service Innovation Sandhu, Kamaljeet, 2019-12-27 There are many advantages to incorporating digital services in business, including improved data management, higher transparency, personalized customer service, and cost reduction. Innovation is a key driver to how digital services are formed, developed, delivered, and used by consumers, employees, and employers. The largest differentiator comes from having a digitally empowered workforce. Companies increasingly need digital workers to establish greater digital skills to bear on every activity. Business leaders especially need to steer digital priorities, drive innovation, and develop digital platforms. Leadership, Management, and Adoption Techniques for Digital Service Innovation is an essential reference source that discusses the adoption of digital services in multiple industries and presents digital technologies to address and further advance innovation to drive successful solutions. Featuring research on topics such as cloud computing, digital business, and value creation, this book is ideally designed for managers, leaders, executives, directors, IT consultants, academicians, researchers, industry professionals, students, and practitioners. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Executive's Guide to Cloud Computing Eric A. Marks, Bob Lozano, 2010-03-25 Your organization can save and thrive in the cloud with this first non-technical guide to cloud computing for business leaders In less than a decade Google, Amazon, and Salesforce.com went from unknown ideas to powerhouse fixtures in the economic landscape; in even less time offerings such as Linkedin, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and many others also carved out important roles; in less than five years Apple's iTunes became the largest music retailer in North America. They all share one key strategic decision – each of these organizations chose to harness the power of cloud computing to power their drives to dominance. With roots in supercomputing and many other technical disciplines, cloud computing is ushering in an entirely new economic reality – technology-enabled enterprises built on low cost, flexible, and limitless technical infrastructures. The Executive's Guide to Cloud Computing reveals how you can apply the power of cloud computing throughout your enterprise, giving members of the C-suite a detailed look at: Why cloud computing must be a top priority on your company's IT roadmaps How the drive for scale, lower costs and greater agility is making cloud computing a fiscal and technological imperative The relationship between cloud computing and other relevant IT initiatives The strategic implications of cloud computing for the enterprise Where to begin and how to get started integrating cloud computing into your existing operations Now you can harness cloud computing's potential for your organization. Executive's Guide to Cloud Computing shows you how. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Ahead in the Cloud Stephen Orban, 2018-03-27 Cloud computing is the most significant technology development of our lifetimes. It has made countless new businesses possible and presents a massive opportunity for large enterprises to innovate like startups and retire decades of technical debt. But making the most of the cloud requires much more from enterprises than just a technology change. Stephen Orban led Dow Jones's journey toward digital agility as their CIO and now leads AWS's Enterprise Strategy function, where he helps leaders from the largest companies in the world transform their businesses. As he demonstrates in this book, enterprises must re-train their people, evolve their processes, and transform their cultures as they move to the cloud. By bringing together his experiences and those of a number of business leaders, Orban shines a light on what works, what doesn't, and how enterprises can transform themselves using the cloud. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Business Models for the Social Mobile Cloud Ted Shelton, 2013-01-23 Fully exploit new conditions and opportunities created by current technological changes The combined impact of social technologies, the mobile Internet, and cloud computing are creating incredible new business opportunities. They are also destroying unprepared companies, transforming industries, and leaving behind workers who are unwilling or unable to adapt. Business Models for the Social Mobile Cloud reveals a compelling view from PwC of how the social mobile cloud and a combination of new technology changes are key players in a digital transformation in business and society that is moving more quickly and cutting more deeply than any technology transformation ever seen. Explores a road map to success through adapting to technological changes Written for businesses and leaders who want to understand how the coming technology changes will eventually impact their businesses For companies to succeed, leaders must understand how to stay ahead of their competitors in adapting to the new conditions and opportunities. In Business Models for the Social Mobile Cloud, PwC’s Ted Shelton describes the tectonic changes currently underway—and to come—plus why they are happening, what to expect, and what you must do about. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloudonomics Joe Weinman, 2012-07-05 The ultimate guide to assessing and exploiting the customer value and revenue potential of the Cloud A new business model is sweeping the world—the Cloud. And, as with any new technology, there is a great deal of fear, uncertainty, and doubt surrounding cloud computing. Cloudonomics radically upends the conventional wisdom, clearly explains the underlying principles and illustrates through understandable examples how Cloud computing can create compelling value—whether you are a customer, a provider, a strategist, or an investor. Cloudonomics covers everything you need to consider for the delivery of business solutions, opportunities, and customer satisfaction through the Cloud, so you can understand it—and put it to work for your business. Cloudonomics also delivers insight into when to avoid the cloud, and why. Quantifies how customers, users, and cloud providers can collaborate to create win-wins Reveals how to use the Laws of Cloudonomics to define strategy and guide implementation Explains the probable evolution of cloud businesses and ecosystems Demolishes the conventional wisdom on cloud usage, IT spend, community clouds, and the enterprise-provider cloud balance Whether you're ready for it or not, Cloud computing is here to stay. Cloudonomics provides deep insights into the business value of the Cloud for executives, practitioners, and strategists in virtually any industry—not just technology executives but also those in the marketing, operations, economics, venture capital, and financial fields. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Enterprise Cloud Computing Andy Mulholland, Jon Pyke, Peter Fingar, 2010 Provides strategic insights, describes the breakout business models, and offers the planning and implementation guidance business and technology leaders need to chart their course ahead. - cover. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Business in the Cloud Michael H. Hugos, Derek Hulitzky, 2010-09-24 A close look at cloud computing's transformational role in business Covering cloud computing from what the business leader needs to know, this book describes how IT can nimbly ramp up revenue initiatives, positively impact business operations and costs, and how this allows business leaders to shed worry about technology so they can focus on their business. It also reveals the cloud's effect on corporate organization structures, the evolution of traditional IT in the global economy, potential benefits and risks of cloud models and most importantly, how the IT function is being rethought by companies today who are making room for the coming tidal wave that is cloud computing. Why IT and business thinking must change to capture the full potential of cloud computing Topics including emerging cloud solutions, data security, service reliability, the new role of IT and new business organization structures Other titles by Hugos include: Business Agility: Sustainable Prosperity in a Relentlessly Competitive World and Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition Practical and timely, this book reveals why it's worth every company's time and effort to exploit cloud computing's potential for their business's survival and success. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing Thomas Erl, Ricardo Puttini, Zaigham Mahmood, 2013-05-02 Clouds are distributed technology platforms that leverage sophisticated technology innovations to provide highly scalable and resilient environments that can be remotely utilized by organizations in a multitude of powerful ways. To successfully build upon, integrate with, or even create a cloud environment requires an understanding of its common inner mechanics, architectural layers, and models, as well as an understanding of the business and economic factors that result from the adoption and real-world use of cloud-based services. In Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture, Thomas Erl, one of the world’s top-selling IT authors, teams up with cloud computing experts and researchers to break down proven and mature cloud computing technologies and practices into a series of well-defined concepts, models, technology mechanisms, and technology architectures, all from an industry-centric and vendor-neutral point of view. In doing so, the book establishes concrete, academic coverage with a focus on structure, clarity, and well-defined building blocks for mainstream cloud computing platforms and solutions. Subsequent to technology-centric coverage, the book proceeds to establish business-centric models and metrics that allow for the financial assessment of cloud-based IT resources and their comparison to those hosted on traditional IT enterprise premises. Also provided are templates and formulas for calculating SLA-related quality-of-service values and numerous explorations of the SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS delivery models. With more than 260 figures, 29 architectural models, and 20 mechanisms, this indispensable guide provides a comprehensive education of cloud computing essentials that will never leave your side. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Behind the Cloud Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler, 2009-10-19 How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology, and philanthropic models tailored to this time of extraordinary change. Showing how salesforce.com not only survived the dotcom implosion of 2001, but went on to define itself as the leader of the cloud computing revolution and spark a $46-billion dollar industry, Benioff's story will help business leaders and entrepreneurs stand out, innovate better, and grow faster in any economic climate. In Behind the Cloud, Benioff shares the strategies that have inspired employees, turned customers into evangelists, leveraged an ecosystem of partners, and allowed innovation to flourish. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud as a Service Enrique Castro-Leon, Robert Harmon, 2016-12-22 See how the principles of Service Science govern the dynamics driving the adoption of cloud computing in the industry. Cloud as Service shows you how the evolution of enterprise computing platforms to application-specific cloud platforms (ASCPs) have aligned to business needs. You'll also learn processes for developing and building ASCPs. You'll gain insight into how executives, managers, and technologists are utilizing cloud services, cloud service providers, equipment manufacturers, and software and application vendors participating in cloud supply chains. For business, the appeal of cloud computing must go beyond the notion of convenient, on-demand access of networked pooled access to computing resources. Industry leaders have learned to apply cloud computing to become more nimble, cost effective, and customer engaging as they strive for competitive advantage, regardless of size. These companies define and build cloud platforms customized for their needs rather than using someone else’s. This book shows you how to use a holistic, end-to-end view of platform planning, platform development, supply chains and operations to collapse platform development times to a fraction of the original time. You’ll see that strategies for selling to the cloud market are essentially incomplete; and that in order to be successful, businesses must become cloud service businesses themselves, incorporating cloud technologies in their engineering, IT, sales and marketing, and delivery processes. What You'll Learn: Historical perspective to provide insight into the dynamics driving cloud evolution today State of the art in IT requirements and cloud solutions The value of User Experience (UX) driven design principles The crucial roles of Service Brokers and Service Assurance Managers The landscape of emerging cloud services and what they mean to your enterprise Service Portals and Enterprise Service Buses Who This Book Is For: CIOs, CTOs, data center architects, solution architects and application engineers Educational institutions building a systems integration curriculum Developers who want to understand how their work fits in the cloud ecosystem |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Moving to the Cloud Corporation L. Willcocks, W. Venters, E. Whitley, 2013-12-13 Drawing on an international survey of over 1,000 business and executives, this book provides a management perspective on cloud technology. It outlines the need to know information for strategic decisions on cloud technology including its capabilities, how it can be implemented securely and the way forward for the next ten years. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures Zaigham Mahmood, Richard Hill, 2011-12-01 This important text provides a single point of reference for state-of-the-art cloud computing design and implementation techniques. The book examines cloud computing from the perspective of enterprise architecture, asking the question; how do we realize new business potential with our existing enterprises? Topics and features: with a Foreword by Thomas Erl; contains contributions from an international selection of preeminent experts; presents the state-of-the-art in enterprise architecture approaches with respect to cloud computing models, frameworks, technologies, and applications; discusses potential research directions, and technologies to facilitate the realization of emerging business models through enterprise architecture approaches; provides relevant theoretical frameworks, and the latest empirical research findings. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: The Immersive Metaverse Playbook for Business Leaders Irena Cronin, Robert Scoble, 2023-11-30 Discover what the metaverse can do for your business by exploring AR and VR, core support technologies, and use cases, while developing an understanding of its benefits, dangers, and future Key Features Understand the metaverse and learn how augmented reality and virtual reality are integral to it Get a solid understanding of core metaverse technologies Become a metaverse business thought leader by learning from real-world use cases Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description“The metaverse” has become a widely known term within a very short time span. The Immersive Metaverse Playbook for Business Leaders explicitly explains what it really refers to and shows you how to plot your business road map using the metaverse. This book helps you understand the concept of the metaverse, along with the implementation of generative AI in it. You'll not only get to grips with the underlying concepts, but also take a closer look at key technologies that power the metaverse, enabling you to plan your business road map. The chapters include use cases on social interaction, work, entertainment, art, and shopping to help you make better decisions when it comes to metaverse product and service development. You’ll also explore the overall societal benefits and dangers related to issues such as privacy encroachment, technology addiction, and sluggishness. The concluding chapters discuss the future of AR and VR roles in the metaverse and the metaverse as a whole to enable you to make long-term business plans. By the end of this book, you'll be able to successfully invest, build, and market metaverse products and services that set you apart as a progressive technology leader.What you will learn Get to grips with the concept of the metaverse, its origin, and its present state Understand how AR and VR strategically fit into the metaverse Delve into core technologies that power the metaverse Dig into use cases that enable finer strategic decision-making Understand the benefits and possible dangers of the metaverse Plan further ahead by understanding the future of the metaverse Who this book is for If you are a C-suite technology and business executive, this book is for you. Investors, entrepreneurs, and other tech professionals will also find it beneficial. This book does not require any previous understanding of the metaverse or immersive technologies. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Enterprise 2.0 Andrew McAfee, 2009-12-01 Web 2.0 is the portion of the Internet that's interactively produced by many people; it includes Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, and prediction markets. In just a few years, Web 2.0 communities have demonstrated astonishing levels of innovation, knowledge accumulation, collaboration, and collective intelligence. Now, leading organizations are bringing the Web's novel tools and philosophies inside, creating Enterprise 2.0. In this book, Andrew McAfee shows how they're doing this, and why it's benefiting them. Enterprise 2.0 makes clear that the new technologies are good for much more than just socializing-when properly applied, they help businesses solve pressing problems, capture dispersed and fast-changing knowledge, highlight and leverage expertise, generate and refine ideas, and harness the wisdom of crowds. Most organizations, however, don't find it easy or natural to use these new tools initially. And executives see many possible pitfalls associated with them. Enterprise 2.0 explores these concerns, and shows how business leaders can overcome them. McAfee brings together case studies and examples with key concepts from economics, sociology, computer science, consumer psychology, and management studies and presents them all in a clear, accessible, and entertaining style. Enterprise 2.0 is a must-have resource for all C-suite executives seeking to make technology decisions that are simultaneously powerful, popular, and pragmatic. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Dot.cloud Peter Fingar, 2009 In Dot.Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform, business strategy expert and former CIO Peter Fingar explains the main ideas of Cloud Computing in lay terms. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise David S. Linthicum, 2009-09-29 Massive, disruptive change is coming to IT as software as a service (SaaS), SOA, mashups, Web 2.0, and cloud computing truly come of age. Now, one of the world’s leading IT innovators explains what it all means—coherently, thoroughly, and authoritatively. Writing for IT executives, architects, and developers alike, world-renowned expert David S. Linthicum explains why the days of managing IT organizations as private fortresses will rapidly disappear as IT inevitably becomes a global community. He demonstrates how to run IT when critical elements of customer, product, and business data and processes extend far beyond the firewall—and how to use all that information to deliver real-time answers about everything from an individual customer’s credit to the location of a specific cargo container. Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise offers a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges associated with this new world—and offers a step-by-step program for getting there with maximum return on investment and minimum risk. Using multiple examples, Linthicum Reviews the powerful cost, value, and risk-related drivers behind the move to cloud computing—and explains why the shift will accelerate Explains the technical underpinnings, supporting technologies, and best-practice methods you’ll need to make the transition Helps you objectively assess the promise of cloud computing and SOA for your organization, quantify value, and make the business case Walks you through evaluating your existing IT infrastructure and finding your most cost-effective, safest path to the “cloud” Shows how to choose the right candidate data, services, and processes for your cloud computing initiatives Guides you through building disruptive infrastructure and next-generation process platforms Helps you bring effective, high-value governance to the clouds If you’re ready to begin driving real competitive advantage from cloud computing, this book is the start-to-finish roadmap you need to make it happen. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Beyond Digital Paul Leinwand, Mahadeva Matt Mani, 2022-01-04 Two world-renowned strategists detail the seven leadership imperatives for transforming companies in the new digital era. Digital transformation is critical. But winning in today's world requires more than digitization. It requires understanding that the nature of competitive advantage has shifted—and that being digital is not enough. In Beyond Digital, Paul Leinwand and Matt Mani from Strategy&, PwC's global strategy consulting business, take readers inside twelve companies and how they have navigated through this monumental shift: from Philips's reinvention from a broad conglomerate to a focused health technology player, to Cleveland Clinic's engagement with its broader ecosystem to improve and expand its leading patient care to more locations around the world, to Microsoft's overhaul of its global commercial business to drive customer outcomes. Other case studies include Adobe, Citigroup, Eli Lilly, Hitachi, Honeywell, Inditex, Komatsu, STC Pay, and Titan. Building on a major new body of research, the authors identify the seven imperatives that leaders must follow as the digital age continues to evolve: Reimagine your company's place in the world Embrace and create value via ecosystems Build a system of privileged insights with your customers Make your organization outcome-oriented Invert the focus of your leadership team Reinvent the social contract with your people Disrupt your own leadership approach Together, these seven imperatives comprise a playbook for how leaders can define a bolder purpose and transform their organizations. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Guide to Cloud Computing for Business and Technology Managers Vivek Kale, 2014-12-17 Guide to Cloud Computing for Business and Technology Managers: From Distributed Computing to Cloudware Applications unravels the mystery of cloud computing and explains how it can transform the operating contexts of business enterprises. It provides a clear understanding of what cloud computing really means, what it can do, and when it is practical to use. Addressing the primary management and operation concerns of cloudware, including performance, measurement, monitoring, and security, this pragmatic book: Introduces the enterprise applications integration (EAI) solutions that were a first step toward enabling an integrated enterprise Details service-oriented architecture (SOA) and related technologies that paved the road for cloudware applications Covers delivery models like IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and deployment models like public, private, and hybrid clouds Describes Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloudware solutions and services, as well as those of several other players Demonstrates how cloud computing can reduce costs, achieve business flexibility, and sharpen strategic focus Unlike customary discussions of cloud computing, Guide to Cloud Computing for Business and Technology Managers: From Distributed Computing to Cloudware Applications emphasizes the key differentiator—that cloud computing is able to treat enterprise-level services not merely as discrete stand-alone services, but as Internet-locatable, composable, and repackageable building blocks for generating dynamic real-world enterprise business processes. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Leading Digital George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, Andrew McAfee, 2014 In Leading Digital, authors George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, and Andrew McAfee highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital transformation. Based on a study of more than four hundred global firms, including Asian Paints, Burberry, Caesars Entertainment, Codelco, Lloyds Banking Group, Nike, and Pernod Ricard, the book shows what it takes to become a Digital Master. It explains successful transformation in a clear, two-part framework: where to invest in digital capabilities, and how to lead the transformation. Within these parts, you’ll learn: • How to engage better with your customers • How to digitally enhance operations • How to create a digital vision • How to govern your digital activities The book also includes an extensive step-by-step transformation playbook for leaders to follow. -- From the Amazon |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Generative AI For Business Leaders I. Almeida, 2023-12-03 2024 Edition. Free access to the AI Academy! One of the books in this collection is shortlisted for the 2023 HARVEY CHUTE Book Awards recognizing emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Business and Enterprise Non-Fiction. Byte-sized Learning AI series by Now Next Later AI: Practical guides providing senior decision-makers with a clear, accessible roadmap for harnessing the power of generative AI, enhancing innovation, and boosting business outcomes. Save by buying the entire 3 book series in one single collection and gain free access to the AI Academy platform. There you can view free course modules, test your knowledge through quizzes, attend webinars, and engage in discussion with other readers. Book: Generative AI Transformation Blueprint This practical and concise guide provides senior decision-makers with a clear, accessible roadmap for harnessing the power of generative AI, enhancing innovation, and boosting business outcomes. Drawing on insights from AI-enabled business transformations in diverse sectors, it presents a validated strategic approach. This blueprint not only outlines best practices but also showcases pioneering use cases, integrating them into a cohesive framework for practical implementation. This scenario-based approach helps leaders understand where and how to apply the practices outlined. Spanning across areas from strategic alignment and talent development to ethical governance and sustaining a competitive edge amid relentless underlying progress, it delivers clarity for charting an optimal Generative AI roadmap. Book: Introduction to Large Language Models for Business Leaders: Responsible AI Strategy Beyond Fear and Hype Shortlisted for the 2023 HARVEY CHUTE Explore the transformative potential of technologies like GPT-4 and Claude 2. These large language models (LLMs) promise to reshape how businesses operate. Aimed at non-technical business leaders, this guide offers a pragmatic approach to leveraging LLMs for tangible benefits, while ensuring ethical considerations aren't sidelined. LLMs can refine processes in marketing, software development, HR, R&D, customer service, and even legal operations. But it's essential to approach them with a balanced view. In this guide, you'll: - Learn about the rapid advancements of LLMs. - Understand complex concepts in simple terms. - Discover practical business applications. - Get strategies for smooth integration. - Assess potential impacts on your team. - Delve into the ethics of deploying LLMs. With a clear aim to inform rather than influence, this book is your roadmap to adopting LLMs thoughtfully, maximizing benefits, and minimizing risks. Let's move beyond the noise and understand how LLMs can genuinely benefit your business. Book: Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals for Business Leaders: Up to Date With Generative AI The perfect guide to help non-technical business leaders understand the power of AI: Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and Data Management. Up to date with Generative AI. More Than a Book Collection By purchasing this series, you will also be granted free access to the AI Academy platform. There you can test your knowledge through end-of-chapter quizzes and engage in discussion with other readers. You will also receive free modules and 50% discount toward the enrollment in the self-paced course of the same name and enjoy video summary lessons, instructor-graded assignments, and live sessions. A course certificate will be awarded upon successful completion. AI Academy by Now Next Later AI We are the most trusted and effective learning platform dedicated to empowering leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to harness the power of AI safely and ethically. We are a human-centric organization. Chat with us anytime. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: 100 Great Business Leaders Jonathan Gifford, 2013-09-15 The success of every great company or popular brand is often the vision of a great leader. Here in this book, we profile 100 Great Business Leaders, giving an account of their business career, demonstrating the innovations, opportunities and business principles that have been introduced in their companies. Also included is a practical section to demonstrate how a reader might apply these ideas in their own lives. The 100 chosen business leaders are from companies located all over the world and include a mixture of business founders (for example Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Kiichira Toyoda, Liu Chuanzhi of Lenova) and famous business executives (Jack Welch of GE, Lee Iacocca of Chrysler, Indra Nooyi of Pepsico, Chua Sock Koong of Singapore Telecommunications). |
| cloud computing for business leaders: The 10 Most Successful Business Leaders Making a Difference, 2023 Tycoon Success, 2023-05-09 Step into the world of success and impact with The 10 Most Successful Business Leaders Making a Difference, 2023. This captivating list showcases remarkable individuals who have not only achieved phenomenal success but also made a significant difference in their respective industries. From groundbreaking innovations to transformative leadership, these influential business leaders are shaping the future. Explore their stories and be inspired by their extraordinary journeys of success and positive change. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: IT Savvy Peter Weill, Jeanne W. Ross, 2009-07-07 Digitization of business interactions and processes is advancing full bore. But in many organizations, returns from IT investments are flatlining, even as technology spending has skyrocketed. These challenges call for new levels of IT savvy: the ability of all managers-IT or non-IT-to transform their company's technology assets into operational efficiencies that boost margins. Companies with IT-savvy managers are 20 percent more profitable than their competitors. In IT Savvy, Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross-two of the world's foremost authorities on using IT in business-explain how non-IT executives can acquire this savvy. Concise and practical, the book describes the practices, competencies, and leadership skills non-IT managers need to succeed in the digital economy. You'll discover how to: -Define your firm's operating model-how IT can help you do business -Revamp your IT funding model to support your operating model -Build a digitized platform of business processes, IT systems, and data to execute on the model -Determine IT decision rights -Extract more business value from your IT assets Packed with examples and based on research into eighteen hundred organizations in more than sixty countries, IT Savvy is required reading for non-IT managers seeking to push their company's performance to new heights. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Beyond Play Dawn Pretorius, 2014-05-02 There is a lot of information available on governance, risk and compliance as separate subjects but little on the interrelation between the three components known in the industry as enterprise-wide governance, risk and compliance (eGRC). This book brings eGRC to the reader in a way that starts with simple concepts and builds on them to provide insight and a practical guide for a holistic approach to eGRC. Companies have to manage risk in order to remain a sustainable force in the marketplace. Efforts to reduce risk can, unintentionally, be uncoordinated, disjointed or even neglected. Through not implementing a more cohesive and systematic approach to managing risk, opportunities to benefit the company can also be missed. Beyond Play offers a practical and simple approach. Compliance is a very specific form of risk: that of complying with the law, but the role of the compliance officer includes a lot more. Working with the law and regulators and applying a compliance methodology are explained to provide value to learners, compliance officers, managers, prescribed officers and directors. Many companies play at corporate governance, probably because it is perceived as being too big to grasp. This book will change your thinking and will help directors pave the way for implementing a framework that can be worked with on a practical level within an enterprise wide risk management context. The systemic nature of risk means it can spread to customers, shareholders, communities and economies as the credit bubble of 2008 has proved. Equally, a company that applies a robust an intelligent approach to eGRC has a positive influence on the marketplace, the community and a nation. Do you believe that your business, whether for profit or not for profit and on the basis on which it currently operates, is sustainable in an increasingly dynamic world? This book uses examples from the financial services industry; it also makes reference to South African legislation and governance codes. These references do, however, focus on international best practices so the methodologies can be universally applied. Governance, risk and compliance is an integrated concept to be incorporated within an enterprise risk framework which helps an organisation, either private or public, for profit or non profit, to direct its strategies and operations with integrity and within the law; the reason being to achieve its goals in such a way that its stakeholders and the economy as a whole are never compromised or put at risk beyond that which has been carefully defined and deemed acceptable. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Polyolefin Fibres S C O Ugbolue, 2009-01-28 Polyolefins are one of the most widely used commercial polymers. This book reviews the most important polyolefins, including polyethylene and polypropylene. These versatile fibres are durable, chemically resistant, lightweight, economical and functional. Polyolefin fibres: industrial and medical applications provides a comprehensive review of the structure and properties of this group of fibres, together with methods to improve the functionality of polyolefins and their range of applications. The first set of chapters discusses the different types of polyolefins, their structural and chemical properties as well as their production methods. The second group of chapters examines how to improve the functionality of polyolefin fibres. A final group of chapters addresses how polyolefins can be incorporated into specific applications such as industrial, medical and automotive products. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, Polyolefin fibres: industrial and medical applications is a quintessential reference for textile technologists, fibre scientists, yarn and fabric manufacturers and also those in academia. Reviews the most important polyolefins including polyethylene and polyproplene, their structural and chemical properties as well as production methods Examines methods to improve the functionality of polyolefin fibres including production methods and quality control |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing - Advanced Business and IT Approaches to Extract Tangible Value from Cloud Philippe Abdoulaye, 2014-01-31 The CIO's essential manual to leveraging cloud computing as a the business competitive asset. Cloud Computing: Advanced Business and IT Strategies to Extract Tangible Value from the Cloud introduces a business-oriented approach to implementing cloud computing. Philippe Abdoulaye through his concepts of integrated Cloud-Oriented Operating (iCLOOP) model, Cloud Consumer-Provider Service Delivery Model, Operating Model Transformation Cube, IaaS and SaaS Service Delivery Cubes, demonstrates how to leverage cloud and increase businesses' competitiveness. Cloud Computing: Advanced Business and IT Strategies to Extract Tangible Value from the Cloud provides a comprehensive Cloud Transition Life Cycle (TLC) along with a complete set of 50 tools driving the end-to-end transition to cloud. Philippe Abdoulaye's work is a major one; it provides concrete and actionable solutions to cloud transition. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Global Business Leadership Development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Smith, Peter, Cockburn, Tom, 2020-09-25 As the world has adapted to the age of digital technology, present day business leaders are required to change with the times as well. Addressing and formatting their business practices to not only encompass digital technologies, but expand their capabilities, the leaders of today must be flexible and willing to familiarize themselves with all types of global business practices. Global Business Leadership Development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a collection of advanced research on the methods and tactics utilized to succeed as a leader in the digital age. While highlighting topics including data privacy, corporate governance, and risk management, this book is ideally designed for business professionals, administrators, managers, executives, researchers, academicians, and business students who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of digital technologies in the global economy, in networks and organizations, in teams and work groups, in information systems, and at the level of individuals as actors in digitally networked environments |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Standards Marvin Waschke, 2012-12-05 Cloud computing is often described as providing computing resources the way electric utilities provide energy. In theory, anyone with an adequate connection to the Internet should be able to tap into a cloud provider and get exactly the computing resources they want when they want it, just like plugging into the electricity grid and getting exactly the energy you want when you want it. But to get that electricity, there are many standards: voltage, frequency, phase, motors constructed in standard ways—there is a long list; there is an equally long list for cloud computing. Many of the standards are already in place. Others are being developed; some in contention. Cloud Standards is a broad discussion of important existing and future standards. For existing standards, the discussion focuses on how they are used, providing practical advice to engineers constructing clouds and services to be deployed on clouds. For future standards, the discussion is on why a standard is needed, what the benefits will be, and what is being done now to fill the gap. No current book provides this information in the depth and detail necessary for an engineer in his work, an architect in designing cloud systems, a product manager collecting and evaluating products, or an executive evaluating the feasibility of a project. A second benefit from this book is that it provides insight into cloud implementations. Cloud implementations can be seen as the culmination of many trends in software and hardware engineering. Much of the foundation for these developments have been crystallized in the form of standards like TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and HTTP (Hypertext Transmission Protocol). The book leads readers to understand how these contribute to and affect cloud implementations. Unfortunately, emerging standards are often messy. Cloud implementers may need to choose between competing proposed standards. Sometimes it is better to reject the standard entirely and roll your own. This book provides background for intelligent decisions. Keeping a cloud, or an application implemented on a cloud, running well requires careful tuning of the implementation. Tuning often involves adjusting controls that are in the standard or applying the standard in less well-known ways. This book is an aid in tuning cloud systems for maximum benefits. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing Technologies for Green Enterprises Munir, Kashif, 2017-09-13 Emerging developments in cloud computing have created novel opportunities and applications for businesses. These innovations not only have organizational benefits, but can be advantageous for green enterprises as well. Cloud Computing Technologies for Green Enterprises is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the advancements, benefits, and challenges of cloud computing for green enterprise endeavors. Highlighting pertinent topics such as resource allocation, energy efficiency, and mobile computing, this book is a premier resource for academics, researchers, students, professionals, and managers interested in novel trends in cloud computing applications. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Developments in Information & Knowledge Management for Business Applications Natalia Kryvinska, Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda, 2021-06-28 This book provides practical knowledge on different aspects of information and knowledge management in businesses. For enterprises/businesses those intend to remain prosperous and prolific, it is critically important to share best practices, ensure efficient information flow across company, capturing shared knowledge centrally, and communicate compliance rules, i.e. managing competently information in general. It enables faster and better decisions by helping employees’ to build a strong expertise and by avoiding duplicated projects. Thus, the second volume of this series subline continues to explore different aspects of information and knowledge handling as well as doing business with information. We survey further the key aspects of managerial implications of the informational business. The novel methodologies and practices for the business information processing as well as application of mathematical models to the business analytics and efficient management are examined. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Consultant Diploma - City of London College of Economics - 6 months - 100% online / self-paced City of London College of Economics, Overview This diploma course will provide you with an in-depth-understanding of cloud computing. Content - Recognize the benefits and risks of cloud services - Understand the business impact and the economics of the cloud - Govern and manage your cloud environment - Develop your cloud services strategy - Everything you need to master cloud storage & services on your device Duration 6 months Assessment The assessment will take place on the basis of one assignment at the end of the course. Tell us when you feel ready to take the exam and we’ll send you the assignment questions. Study material The study material will be provided in separate files by email / download link. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification Guide Bruno Beraldo Rodrigues, 2024-03-15 Gain the expertise needed for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification with the help of industry insights, effective testing strategies, and exam questions designed to help you make informed tech decisions aligned with business goals Key Features Learn about data management, AI, monetization, security, and the significance of infrastructure modernization Build a solid foundation in Google Cloud, covering all technical essentials necessary for a Google Cloud Digital Leader Test your knowledge of cloud and digital transformation through realistic exam questions Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionTo thrive in today's world, leaders and technologists must understand how technology shapes businesses. As organizations shift from self-hosted to cloud-native solutions, embracing serverless systems, strategizing data use, and defining monetization becomes imperative. The Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification Guide lays a solid foundation of industry knowledge, focused on the Google Cloud platform and the innovative ways in which customers leverage its technologies. The book starts by helping you grasp the essence of digital transformation within the Google Cloud context. You’ll then cover core components of the platform, such as infrastructure and application modernization, data innovation, and best practices for environment management and security. With a series of practice exam questions included, this book ensures that you build comprehensive knowledge and prepare to certify as a Google Cloud Digital Leader. Going beyond the exam essentials, you’ll also explore how companies are modernizing infrastructure, data ecosystems, and teams in order to capitalize on new market opportunities through platform expertise, best practices, and real-world scenarios. By the end of this book, you'll have learned everything you need to pass the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam and have a reference guide for future requirements.What you will learn Leverage Google Cloud’s AI and ML solutions to create business value Identify Google Cloud solutions for data management and smart analytics Acquire the skills necessary to modernize infrastructure and applications on GCP Understand the value of APIs and their applications in cloud environments Master financial governance and implement best practices for cost management Understand the cloud security approach and benefits of Google Cloud security Find out how IT operations must adapt to thrive in the cloud Who this book is for This Google Cloud fundamentals book is suitable for individuals with both technical and non-technical backgrounds looking for a starting point to pursue more advanced Google Cloud certifications. No prior experience is required to get started with this book; only a keen interest in learning and exploring cloud concepts, with a focus on Google Cloud. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Advances in Digital Image Processing and Information Technology Dhinaharan Nagamalai, Eric Renault, Murugan Dhanuskodi, 2011-10-10 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, DPPR 2011, held in Tirunelveli, India, in September 2011. The 48 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from about 400 submissions. The conference brought together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. The papers cover all theoretical and practical aspects of the field and present new advances and current research results in two tracks, namely: digital image processing and pattern recognition, and computer science, engineering and information technology. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Digital Transformation Through Cloud Computing Enamul Haque, 2020-03-31 ABOUT THIS BOOKDigital Transformation is not only about modernising organisational operations; it's also the endurance against cyberwar - in today's digital world, businesses have to transform, or they will inevitably rot. This book provides the path to digital transformation through the adoption of Cloud Computing to help construct intelligent enterprises, with discussions on business assessment, digital implementation and effective cloud management. It explains the essence of Cloud Service Models, Cloud Service Providers, Cloud Ecosystem, Cloud Adoption and Migration techniques. It guides the required convergence for Cloud Service Management, Governance, Skill Optimisation, Data Management, Cloud Process Development and much more modern approaches. The majority of the language in this book is straight-forward and non-technical, making it accessible for anybody from any background. Reflective questions are included at the end of each chapter for academic usage, and over 45 figures are incorporated.EARLY REVIEWSThe most comprehensive and up-to-date publication I have seen on the topic. This book goes beyond the broader technical aspects. It shows how companies can gain a competitive advantage through cloud strategy, which makes it a must-read for IT managers and executives alike. - Dr Thomas Frankl (Professor and Department Head, International University in Geneva, Switzerland)With a pragmatic approach and simple language, Enamul Haque has cracked the codes of digital transformation through Cloud Computing as a strategy for sustainable growth for organisations. It is not only a guide for practitioners but also a ready-reference for students who want to conceptualise a complex hypothesis in straight-forward terms. - Dr S M A Moin (Associate Head of Research and Scholarship, Coventry University, UK)This is a brilliant, rigorous and visionary analysis of the disruptive impact of digital transformation with an influential explanation of how Cloud Computing, when implemented ensuring security, privacy and ethical implications, can revolutionise business transformation. Digital Transformation Through Cloud Computing is a marvellous and timely book. With his unique talent and experience, Enam has captured and clearly outlined the main challenges of the technology that we are facing and provided practical solutions. - Lee Bennning (Managing Architect, Cloud & Edge Services, Capgemini UK)This book is an excellent summary of relevant and useful frameworks and tools which can be used when navigating through the turbulent seas of digital transformation. - Jiska Druey (Head of IIOT Practice, Benelux and Nordics, Atos, Finland)An indispensable book for anyone who wants to master the subject. An insightful account of digital transformation that gives a new perspective on the strategies for cloud solutions. Enamul Haque's brilliant book reveals details that will help you understand what exactly you need to plan your digital journey. - Fabio Valeri, Director, Products and Services (AR & VR Solutions), Emozionella s.l, ItalyABOUT THE AUTHOREnamul Haque is an IT expert with over 26 years of substantial industry experience. He's a strategic performance consultant and IT transformation specialist. He has worked with and advised many of the world's best-known organisations on their business transformation and service integration strategies, including the UN, UNHCR, UNCC, ITU, Cisco, Swisscom, Ericsson, HP, Nokia, IBM, Accenture, TCS, ServiceNow, BMC, Microsoft, Oracle, PwC, HCL Technologies, ELC, SC Johnson, Cadent, Alstom, A.T. Kearney, Dixons, Capgemini, DLG, Heathrow Airport Holdings and Chanel, among many others. He writes on the topics of Digital Transformation, Cloud Service Management, Knowledge Management and IT Service Management for various outlets including LinkedIn, SlideShare, organisational blogs and educational forums. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Run IT Andreas Graesser, 2019-04-23 This book describes the intrinsic factors of IT Operation and its set-up during the software implementation phase. Based on the author’s long-term experience in managing IT for more than 100 clients over nearly 25 years, the book examines the needed knowledge and execution management capabilities to implement and run IT environments successfully for all sizes of enterprises. Many real-world examples provide insight into typical IT challenges and recipes to turn common pitfalls of implementation and operation into best practices. In order to dominate information technology and not be dominated by it, readers will understand how to identify the most common risk factors during implementations and how to initiate successful risk-mitigation measures. The goal of this book is to arm the reader to completely prevent The 5 Pitfalls of Software Implementation by using the right programmatic design and execution. After an introduction to the book, individual chapters examine the vision of a Perfect IT and how Design Thinking and innovation contributes to it. The core chapters conveys The Five Pitfalls of Software Implementation, including Underestimation of System Performance Issues, Weak Program Governance and Leadership, and Operational Un-Readiness. The challenges surrounding implementations of cloud applications, are presented separately. Final chapters describe the preparation of the IT Operation along with a number of dos and don’ts (i.e. ‘Best Practices’ and ‘Worst Practices’). The book concludes by presenting some Digital Strategies of companies, to dominate information technology. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Grid and Cloud Computing Katarina Stanoevska, Thomas Wozniak, Santi Ristol, 2009-11-04 In today’s dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. They enable increased scalability and more efficient use of IT based on virtualization of heterogeneous and distributed IT resources. This book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Grids and Clouds and of how companies can benefit from them. A wide array of topics is covered, e.g. business models and legal aspects. The applicability of Grids and Clouds in companies is illustrated with four cases of real business experiments. The experiments illustrate the technical solutions and the organizational and IT governance challenges that arise with the introduction of Grids and Clouds. Practical guidelines on how to successfully introduce Grids and Clouds in companies are provided. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Sales Management for Improved Organizational Competitiveness and Performance Santos, José Duarte, 2022-05-27 With the recent digital developments within marketing, the alignment between sales and marketing has become increasingly important as it has the potential to improve sales, customer relations, and customer satisfaction. The evolution of technology has also been promoting changes in the sales process, which provides new opportunities and challenges for enterprises at various levels. Sales Management for Improved Organizational Competitiveness and Performance highlights the influences of management, marketing, and technology on sales and presents trends in sales, namely the digital transformation that is taking place in organizations. The book also considers innovative concepts, techniques, and tools in the sales area. Covering a wide range of topics such as digital transformation, sales communication, and social media marketing, this reference work is ideal for managers, marketers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing Jared Carstensen, JP Morgenthal, Bernard Golden, 2012-04-17 This book will enable you to: understand the different types of Cloud and know which is the right one for your business have realistic expectations of what a Cloud service can give you, and enable you to manage it in the way that suits your business minimise potential disruption by successfully managing the risks and threats make appropriate changes to your business in order to seize opportunities offered by Cloud set up an effective governance system and benefit from the consequential cost savings and reductions in expenditure understand the legal implications of international data protection and privacy laws, and protect your business against falling foul of such laws know how Cloud can benefit your business continuity and disaster recovery planning. |
| cloud computing for business leaders: Cloud Computing... Commoditizing It Rod Kamal Ghani Aghan Ph.D., 2015-06-15 For the last twenty years, we have witnessed how new technologies have changed organizations to adapt in order to compete or face nonexistence. This book will explain how cloud computing will be the most radical transformation of business processes every organization will face to date. Is cloud computing a strategic advantage? Cloud computing will reclassify service delivery models in ways that organizations have never seen before. IT organizations will become commoditized and in the center of the new business transformation. Is cloud computing about survival, or is it in pursuit of better values? Organizations who embrace this new ecosystem, adopting cloud computing and the mind-sets it personifies, will have guaranteed their existence. Organizations are leveraging the cloud to cut costs and deliver a better customer experience rapidly and consistently. But is it working? In this book, we discuss how cloud computing is commoditizing IT and if cloud computing is a real threat or an irresistible opportunity. How is cloud computing revolutionizing the financial industry and the way we conduct business? Part I we explain how to build a successful cloud computing strategy, and also share details of the survey results we conducted in my Ph.D. dissertation on cloud computing adoption models and the decision-making variables and factors that take place. Part II of the book is ideal for graduate students and doctoral candidates who are working on empirical academic research. We discuss the cloud computing adoption life cycle, theory of innovation diffusion, research questions, hypotheses, measurement instruments, the way that emotions drive technology adoption, and dependent and independent variables. Part III of the book includes relevant case study samples, beneficial for those who are looking for writing in an academic style and case study research. Who should read this book? This book is aimed at senior leadership and information technology (IT) professionals at all levels. Also, this is a book for IT graduate students, both MBA and doctoral, who seek to learn a great deal about emerging technologies and formal research methodologies. |
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