Following are links to articles on cloud planning and strategies. Note that access to some of these resources may be dependent on your level of membership and affiliation.
ECAR Working Group Series: Preparing the IT Organization for the Cloud
Series of papers by the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) working group on transitioning the traditional IT department and IT workforce to select, adopt, and support cloud services:
- Introduction (2015 May 7; 1504)
- Developing Cloud-Aware IT Governance (2015 June 12; 1505)
- Transforming the IT Organization (2015 August 28; 1509)
- Building a Migration Plan (2016 January 22; 1601)
- Operationalizing the Cloud (2016 May 27; 1602)
- Cloud Awareness and User Support (2016 August 5; 1604)
- Cloud on the Horizon (2016 November 28; 1607)
Other Articles
- How Technical Professionals Can Overcome the Top Five Challenges of Adopting SaaS (Gartner; 2017 May 26; G00317788)
- Developing Institutional Cloud Strategies (EDUCAUSE Review; 2016 May 2)
- 2017 Planning Guide for Cloud Computing (Gartner; 2016 October 13; G00311457)
- Higher Education Cloud Vendor Assessment Tool (EDUCAUSE; 2016 October 17)
- Cloud Economics - Are You Getting the Bigger Picture? (Cloud Technology Partners; 2016 April 27)
- Five Things Every CEO Should Know Before Going to the Cloud (Cloud Technology Partners; 2016 July 21)
- Do This, Not That: 7 Ways to Think Different in the Cloud (Cloud Technology Partners; 2015 November 20)
For articles on technical topics and security, see the Technical Resources section.