{"id":1560,"date":"2011-01-24T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/think-about-cloud-012311\/"},"modified":"2011-01-24T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T19:17:00","slug":"think-about-cloud-012311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/think-about-cloud-012311\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn what 1,000 of your colleagues really think about Cloud Business Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Join us for a Webinar on February 17<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>HfS Research, in partnership with the Outsourcing Unit of the London School of Economics, is hosting a webinar, sponsored by Accenture, featuring the key findings from the groundbreaking study of Cloud Business Services.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gotomeeting.com\/register\/744155947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6413 \" title=\"Davis, Willcocks, Fersht and Harris\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/headshots1.jpg\" alt=\"Davis, Wilcocks, Fersht and Harris\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cloudy with a chance of Davis, Willcocks, Fersht and Harris<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Join HfS Research Founder and CEO Phil Fersht, HfS Managing Director Euan Davis, Professor Leslie Willcocks, Professor for Work, Technology and Globalization at London School of Economics, and Managing Director of Cloud Services at Accenture Jimmy Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The issues on the table include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The contrasting views and intentions of business and IT executives towards Cloud Business Services<\/li>\n<li>The impact of Cloud on work culture and delivering competitive advantage<\/li>\n<li>How both business and IT executives need to tool-up and prepare to adopt Cloud Business Services<\/li>\n<li>The crucial role service providers need to play as Cloud Business <em>enablers<\/em> for today\u2019s organizations<!-- pagebreak --><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Cloud Will Transform Business As We Know It:<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> The Secret\u2019s In The Source<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><br \/>\nThursday, February 17, 2011<br \/>\n11:00 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM EST<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-size: 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