Moving to the Cloud Corporation (PDF)

Leslie Willcocks is Professor of Technology, Work and Globalization at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Head of the Information Systems and Innovation Group, and Director of The Outsourcing Unit. He is joint series editor of the Palgrave book series Technology Work and Globalization and in February 2001 was awarded the PriceWaterhouseCoopers/Michael Corbett Associates World Outsourcing Achievement Award. Leslie regularly contributes articles to professional and business journals and publishes a blog called Admissable Evidence for Professional Outsourcing Magazine. He holds visiting chairs at Erasmus, Melbourne and Sydney universities and is an Associate Fellow at Green-Templeton, University of Oxford. He has extensive consulting experience in the UK, US and Australia. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology for the last 20 years, has published over 220 refereed papers in journals. See his podcasts, papers and press on www.outsourcingunit.org.

Will Venters is a Lecturer in Information Systems within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He speaks regularly at practitioner conferences on Cloud and has briefed on Cloud to European government policy makers and various company executives. He co-authored a series of reports with Accenture on Cloud computing, and has undertaken consultancy in IT strategy and development. He has a first class degree in computer science (Manchester) and a PhD in information systems (Salford). His work has been published in major refereed journals including Journal of Information Technology, the Journal of Management Studies, and the Information Systems Journal. He is the author of an influential blog on cloud computing, and an associate editor of Information Technology and People.

Edgar Whitley is a Reader in Information Systems in the Information Systems and Innovation Group at the London School of Economics (LSE). He has a BSc

'The authors make a key contribution to moving the Cloud from a frustrating era of marketing hype to a more mature era of developing best practice. Insightful stories of the enterprise are combined with thorough and well-articulated research. A seriously important and timely business book.'

-Dr Richard Sykes, Chair of the Cloud Industry Forum

"Few are better than Leslie Willcocks at bringing fact-based clarity to a world full of over-hyped techno-babble. It's an essential book for anyone trying the navigate today's technology and business landscape."

-Mike Corbett, Chairman and Founder, IAOP

'Willcocks, Venters and Whitley have delivered the definitive roadmap for business and IT leaders seeking to remove their organizations from the stranglehold of legacy IT departments and practices. Cloud computing is bringing together business process and technology in a much more meaningful way, where business line leaders can immerse themselves in the governance of data, analytics and information they need to be more effective The authors perform a meticulous and insightful job recounting the history of Cloud, how it has permeated academia, society and business, and - perhaps most importantly - how today's business and IT executives should develop a roadmap that takes them from current to desired future-state. With so many variables, risks, uncertainties and opportunities, Moving to the Cloud Corporation is a 'must read' for business leaders who want to embrace the true blending of IT and business; standing still in today's environment is the biggest threat to business survival.'

-Phil Fersht, Founder and CEO, HfS Research

'What I like about this book is its aligned approach, weaving both the business and IT perspectives in bringing the reader across the concepts, the developments and challenges of this promising but also risky innovation. The authors bring to light the essential and critical elements needed from both