5 areas CIOs must examine before moving to the cloud These five check list items in evaluating whether to move an app to the cloud are practical and spot on. Well, four of them are. I take issue with one even though the author of this Information Week piece is a CIO and I am not. Author Vijay Sethi, CIO of Indian morotocyle maker Hero MotoCorp., writes: “I think culture and mindset has to change, and this could be perhaps the most difficult barrier in adoption of Cloud computing. The mindset in the organization—not just IT managers—needs to be aligned to the fact there will be a transition from on-premises to off-premises computing.” To my way of thinking, end users should not care a wit that their computing resources have moved from on-premises to the cloud. All they do is enjoy more accesibility to information assets, greater speed, quicker deployment of apps, mobility and other benefits associated with cloud computing. The change in culture really should happen at the IT level. After all, they become service brokers rather than operators of their “own” tangible IT assets. So Sethi is partially right….and partially wrong in my estimation. His first four points are spot on, but for those you’ll have to read his entire column. What do you think? Related content opinion New Book by Gartner Analyst Urges CIOs to Adopt Machiavellian Tactics "The Wolf in CIO's Clothing: A Machiavellian Strategy for Successful IT Leadership" By John Dodge Nov 05, 2013 3 mins CIO opinion Emergence of the Chief Data Officer The crowded C suite By John Dodge Oct 31, 2013 2 mins CIO Big Data opinion Do You Believe CMOs Will Spend More on Tech Than CIOs by 2017? Gartner's prediction has gotten attention during 2013 By John Dodge Oct 30, 2013 2 mins Big Data Budgeting opinion Pay Cloud Vendors Based On What They Save You Unresponsive outsourcing companies still exist By John Dodge Oct 25, 2013 2 mins Outsourcing Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe