This week I had the pleasure of hosting a webinar featuring two great subject matter experts on the topic of cloud data management in the era of hybrid IT:
- Mike West, VP and Distinguished Analyst at Saugatuck Research
- Andrew Bartels, former CIO, CTO and current Cloud consultant, guru and evangelist
Mike West outlined why “hybrid” (or highly interwoven) deployments are the new normal for enterprise IT. He reviewed how the coud is radically changing the role of enterprise IT and why data management must be a part of an overall cloud strategy. He identified 7 trends of the so-called Boundary Free Enterprise and pointed to these 5 best practices:
- Commit to (Cloud) Data Management
- Manage the Organizational Issues
- Partner with a Data Management Provider
- Manage Both Control and Access
- Approach Data Management as Value Creation
Andrew Bartels shared the story of how he led the transition at his company to “cloud first” and drove Salesforce adoption from a peripheral system to a key driver of business performance and success. Andrew spoke passionately about the need to treat data as an asseet and concluded with the following words of advice:
- Communication is key
- Focus on real needs not just philosophy
- Establish a Data Committee
- Become a partner & not an obstacle
- Integration & accessibility is key
- Be prepared for a long road
I’ve embedded the video below and posted the slides on Slideshare. There’s some great insight here. I hope you find the discussion interesting and useful – I sure did!
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