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HfS Research and The Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics have surveyed 1053 organizations on the future of Cloud Business Service<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The\u00a0colossus Cloud Business Services study<\/a> we just conducted, in\u00a0conjunction\u00a0with the Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics, has served up some contrasting concerns that business executives are having versus their IT counterparts: \u00a0Cloud’s potential impact on work culture versus its impact on the value of the today’s IT department.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Essentially, two-thirds of business\u00a0executives\u00a0have expressed concern over the impact Cloud business services could have on the speed<\/em> by which they could be driven to operate in virtual environments. \u00a0Moreover, a similar number expressed concerns over Cloud impeding\u00a0their\u00a0ability to collaborate<\/em> with other businesses.<\/p>\n

Conversely, IT executives are hugely worried (80%) by the potential for Cloud providers to exploit<\/em> customers, but contradict these fears by also worrying about competitors\u00a0leveraging\u00a0Cloud to steal competitive advantage<\/em> from them:<\/p>\n

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The bottom-line: <\/strong>when the business execs look at Cloud, they sense a major cultural change in the way they work, while IT executives are terrified by the potential curtailment of their value \u00a0as the technology-enabler of core business processes.<\/p>\n

The fact that the IT side of the house recognizes<\/em> the\u00a0competitive\u00a0advantages Cloud can give business (see Part I<\/a>), creates a massive\u00a0challenge\u00a0to the CIO today: how can their IT\u00a0department\u00a0become a vehicle for helping\u00a0their\u00a0organization\u00a0find competitive value<\/em> from Cloud. Because\u00a0if the CIO\u00a0fails\u00a0to\u00a0deliver\u00a0this value, the business side will be\u00a0forced\u00a0to look at alternative avenues. \u00a0We’ll talk about the business transformation implications of Cloud shortly. \u00a0Stay tuned for more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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