Management: Building the Retained Organization

Leslie Willcocks, Will Venters and Edgar A. Whitley
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Leslie Willcocks: London School of Economics and Political Science
Will Venters: London School of Economics and Political Science
Edgar A. Whitley: London School of Economics and Political Science

Chapter Chapter 7 in Moving to the Cloud Corporation, 2014, pp 125-152 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Earlier chapters have pointed to the promise of cloud. Generically, the promise is: speed, payment based on consumption, lower costs, clearly defined services managed to appropriate services levels, on-demand availability, and scalability. There is simplicity (complexity hidden from view), allowing a focus on business requirements, strategy, and innovation, away from day-to-day maintenance and technology issues.1 We have also pointed to the challenges presented by cloud computing technologies, their likely impacts and their potential for incremental, architectural, and radical innovations for the business. The opportunity is clear:

Keywords: Cloud Computing; Cloud Service; Senior Executive; Technology Function; Business Requirement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137347473_7

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