Sourcing Strategies for the Cloud
Create a forward-thinking cloud strategy. When developing a sourcing strategy in support of the institutional mission, plan for a balance of on-premise services, shared services, and cloud services that fits with institutional goals and resources, while also preparing the organization for a future where on-premises solutions are the exception rather than the rule.
Enterprise IT Case Studies
In this set of EDUCAUSE Review case studies, see how different types and sizes of colleges and universities have managed a situation that calls for developing an institutional cloud strategy.
Plan Your Cloud Strategy
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An ECAR Cloud Working Group is developing a set of seven papers to help institutions understand and address the challenges of cloud adoption:
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| EDUCAUSE Analytics Services | EDUCAUSE Analytics Services provides higher education leaders with insights on peer institutions and benchmarks. |
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Help with information security issues in the cloud |
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The Higher Education IT Service Catalog: A Working Model for Comparison and Collaboration |
Working group paper outlining a model service catalog as a first step in service management |
| EDUCAUSE Library page on Compliance | EDUCAUSE articles, papers, and presentations to help you create reliable structures and measures to ensure success and minimize failure |
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Current IT policy issues affecting higher education including many that impact enterprise IT. |
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Framework developed by the ECAR TCO working group to help compare on-premise costs with cloud costs |
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EDUCAUSE Library Cloud Computing Page |
All EDUCAUSE resources on cloud computing, with faceted search options |
Recommended Reading
Background
- What Campus Leaders Need to Know About Cloud Computing
- The Soft Side of SaaS: Implications for IT in Higher Education
- Professional Development and Staffing for the Cloud
- (Higher) Learning to Confidently Embrace the Cloud
- Straight Talk about the Clouds
- Navigating the Clouds with an Enterprise IT Strategy
- Tying Up Loose Ends in Transitioning to the Cloud
- If it’s in the Cloud, Get it on Paper
Implications Across the Institution