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PlanForCloud.com - Benefits and Risks of Using the Cloud
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What
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PlanForCloud.com aims to support enterprises migrate to the cloud. Our Cloud Cost Forecasting tool helps you budget for cloud usage, however cost is only one of the aspects enterprises should look to assess cloud feasibility. We feel that it's important for organisations to have a discussion about the general benefits and risks of using public IaaS clouds.

This spreadsheet outlines the generic benefits and risks of using cloud computing from an enterprise perspective. These benefits and risks have been identified by reviewing over 50 academic papers and industry reports. This spreadsheet provides a starting point for the assessment of the benefits and risks involved in using the cloud and can be taken and customised by users.
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This spreadsheet aims to support risk management and ensure that decision makers can make informed trade-offs between the benefits and risks of using the cloud.
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How
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The spreadsheet has two tabs, one for benefits and one for risks. Each tab describes the benefits/risks and their category (Organisational, Legal, Security, Technical or Financial). We suggest you ask relevant decision makers in your organisation to:
1. Make a copy of this spreadsheet
2. Read through the benefits/risks and set their importance from their perspective
3. Arrange a meeting to discuss the top 5 or 10 benefits and risks from different stakeholder perspectives
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Share
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We'd like to hear your comments and feedback (info@PlanForCloud.com). Feel free to share this spreadsheet with others, you can also download it in different formats (PDF, Excel etc.) by clicking on File > Download as.
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Benefits and Risks of Using the Cloud by PlanForCloud.com
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