Effectively Manage Cloud Vendors

At least 48% of organizations have adopted or will be adopting some kind of cloud service.
These cloud solutions have the potential to offload some IT responsibilities, allowing internal IT to focus on more strategic business initiatives.
However, IT isn’t completely off the hook. You may not be managing the technical side of the cloud, but you are still responsible for its success in your organization.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

Technology trends like social media, consumerization, and cloud are creating a shift in IT responsibilities, dialing back skills in infrastructure and applications, while ramping up business analysis and vendor management skills.

Impact and Result

Establish good vendor management practice that can be adapted to the cloud by understanding the unique risks and challenges presented by the cloud.
Pay special attention to understanding and managing risk, managing contract and service level expectations, and monitoring good performance.

Effectively Manage Cloud Vendors Research & Tools

1. Understand cloud-specific vendor management activities

Form positive partnerships with cloud solution providers.

Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

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Financial Services Regulator Authority of Ontario

Guided Implementation

9/10

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The conversation last week with Steven Jeffery on the “Effectively Manage Cloud Vendors” was very informative, helpful and especially appreciated k... Read More

Griffith Company

Guided Implementation

10/10

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