- Jon Dartnell
- Deputy Director
- Atradius Credit Insurance
Track 3: Investigating Cloud Sourcing
As cloud offerings mature, organizations are looking to leverage the benefits of cloud service to gain flexibility, speed and cost benefits. The cloud offers many benefits, but as with any delivery model, especially those utilizing new technologies, there are risks. The sessions in this track will help organizations understand options, evolve their sourcing strategies and evaluate their readiness to adopt cloud services.
Sessions
Considering Cloud? Learn What's Good, What's Bad, What's Risky
26 September, 2011 (13:30 - 14:30)
Cloud leads in two categories - interest and confusion. More and more buyers ask for concepts and clarity for leveraging cloud services as part of their sourcing mix. This presentation examines the key dilemmas IT and sourcing executives face when considering cloud services as an option.
Markem-Imaje: Sharing Risks and Responsibilities in the Cloud
26 September, 2011 (15:45 - 16:30)
Markem-Imaje, one of the largest providers of product identification and traceability solutions, has run its main ERP environment in a utilities environment since mid-2010. Having started the SAP solution in-house, Markem-Imaje then transitioned to a hosted environment and then to utility services. This session discusses: • The thought process and reasons for such an approach • Lessons learned from the contract negotiations • Benefits and best practices
The New Value Proposition for IT: Industrialized Low Cost Services
26 September, 2011 (16:45 - 17:45)
Industrialized low cost services are changing the value-for-money proposition of IT as low cost airlines did in the travel industry. IT and sourcing managers must learn how to exploit ILCS or explain to CEOs why they don't. This session examines:
SaaS Vendor, You're Perfect. I love you. Now Change.
27 September, 2011 (08:00 - 09:00)
Many enterprises are attracted to SaaS for cost reasons but then struggle to accept the compromises that the use of SaaS requires. This presentation will reset expectations of what SaaS is and isn't and will help your organization make optimal go/no go decisions.
Network Outsourcing- Build a Strong Foundation for Cloud- Sourcing Success
27 September, 2011 (10:15 - 11:15)
With the pressure to manage cost while enabling agile IT, the net effect of next generation projects on the network may be overlooked. This session looks at ways to improve network architecture to enable secure access to cloud-based applications and to gain the most from negotiations with different providers.
The Home Office: Moving Services Towards the Cloud
27 September, 2011 (11:30 - 12:15)
The Home Office has been putting in place a radical transformation of its IT and shared business services in recent years. This session explores how this has called for new approaches to sourcing and supplier-client relationships, and looks at how these might develop further as the cloud becomes, increasingly, a reality.
Business Process Utilities: When Does Using Cloud BPO Services Make Sense?
27 September, 2011 (13:30 - 14:30)
Next generation cloud services like business process utilities (BPUs) are standardized and sourced on-demand. Here we’ll explore opportunities and challenges and we discuss how to both make the business case for BPU and relationship management successfully.
