Cloud Computing: Enabling cloud strategies

Traditional IT giants such as SAP and Dell are helping organisations to reap the benefits of the cloud.

The cloud has extended technology options, not replaced what went before, said Sven Denecken, vice president for cloud solutions at SAP. It’s an important distinction that kills the idea that organisations should rip and replace existing IT infrastructure and move everything to the cloud.

“That’s not going to happen,” he said. “We have customers in the pharmaceutical and financial services sector where they want to keep solutions under their control with levels of ...