Best Practice Report

Q&A: By 2011, CIOs Must Answer The Question, "Why Not Run In The Cloud?"

But Finding A Good Place To Start Is A Challenge For Most Shops

August 14th, 2009
Ted Schadler, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Ted Schadler Vice President, Principal Analyst
James Staten, null
James Staten
John Rymer, null
John Rymer
Chenxi Wang, null
Chenxi Wang
With contributors:
Sharyn Leaver , Allison Viglianti

Summary

At Forrester's IT Forum in Las Vegas in May 2009, we hosted an analyst panel about saving, making, and risking cash with cloud computing. The session sparked a lot of interest — and a lot of questions. With the buzz still strong, and a few more months of experience under all of our belts, we address the major questions that a CIO or other senior IT professional might have, including "What are the benefits and risks of cloud computing?" and "How should we get started with cloud computing?"

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