Seven Signs You’ve Backed Your Cloud into a Corner

More than a few IT organizations are hurrying to deploy a cloud computing strategy in response to both internal and external IT pressures.

But the folks at Unisys point out that in the rush to deploy a cloud computing system, there are many opportunities to make strategic errors that wind up doing more harm than good. What follows are seven signs that your organization is in the process of making those mistakes.

Click through for seven signs that you've backed your cloud into a corner, as identified by Unisys.

Your team is evaluating a "cloud stack" solution without first putting in place a comprehensive strategy and framework for integrating it with your existing IT environment.

You lack clearly articulated criteria and metrics for cloud success from both IT and end-user perspectives.

You’re well into implementation before all stakeholders agree on use cases, roadmaps and expected changes to IT and business processes.

The technology underlying your cloud is so new, none of your IT people know how to operate it and you have no readiness plan in place so they can learn to do so.

You need to create duplicate service, security and risk management processes because your new cloud environment won’t accommodate those you already have.

You have not defined and communicated how your team’s roles and responsibilities will change with a cloud service delivery model.

You’re already developing a second cloud solution because the first one didn’t meet the organization’s needs.