{"id":594,"date":"2014-07-22T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/?p=594"},"modified":"2014-07-23T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T14:41:07","slug":"10-ways-business-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/10-ways-business-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways Business Leaders Can Get the Most Out of Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/07\/10-Ways-Business-Leaders-Can-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Cloud.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-604\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/07\/10-Ways-Business-Leaders-Can-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Cloud-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"10 Ways Business Leaders Can Get the Most Out of Cloud\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/07\/10-Ways-Business-Leaders-Can-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Cloud-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/07\/10-Ways-Business-Leaders-Can-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Cloud-450x203.jpg 450w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/business-intelligence\/files\/2014\/07\/10-Ways-Business-Leaders-Can-Get-the-Most-Out-of-Cloud.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Recent surveys are reporting that as many as 75% of companies are using the cloud in some way, shape, or form. Counterintuitively, it\u2019s the end business, not IT, that\u2019s driving cloud adoption. Business managers must consider the cloud as a solution that will quickly bring result to the end business, and they need to know how to choose and manage cloud computing technology successfully. However, without background in technology and experience in IT vendor management, this can be a challenging endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>In a TechRepublc blog post written my Mary Shacklett, she presents\u00a0a list of the 10 best practices that will help business leaders avoid common mistakes\u00a0and get the most\u00a0out of their\u00a0cloud solutions. Here are a few of them:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1: Know what you want before you shop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how many business leaders think they know what they want going into a cloud solution evaluation, but then quickly get sidetracked by sales staff who talk them into new sets of objectives that divert them from what they originally wanted to accomplish. The best approach is to define and document your business requirements before you meet with a cloud vendor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2: Arrange for a cloud trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many cloud solutions can bring value to your organization, but it is just as important that they are easy to use by your staff and adaptable to your work processes. To ensure compatibility in these areas, ask the cloud provider for a trial evaluation period before you sign up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3: Establish cloud metrics that tie back to the business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your goal is for a cloud solution to enable you to onboard new suppliers into your supply chain faster than by using traditional methods, and you see that a cloud-based solution is cutting the process by 80%, you can easily document the business benefit and extrapolate what that contributes to operational efficiency. All cloud services should be linked to measurable business values and then regularly assessed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/10-things\/10-ways-business-leaders-can-get-the-most-out-of-cloud\/#ftag=RSS56d97e7\">Click here<\/a> to see the entire list of best practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent surveys are reporting that as many as 75% of companies are using the cloud in some way, shape, or form. Counterintuitively, it\u2019s the end business, not IT, that\u2019s driving cloud adoption. Business managers must consider the cloud as a solution that will quickly bring result to the end business, and they need to know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Ways Business Leaders Can Get the Most Out of Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Solutions Review: Recent surveys are reporting that as many as 75% of companies are using the cloud. 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