The cloud can provide your organization with substantial benefits — if you adopt an effective cloud governance model. Businesses established before the cloud era (or those that took their IT governance cues from that time) struggle the most with the square-peg-round-hole problem that attempting to use a legacy model with cloud creates.
It’s true that businesses have historically benefited from centralized IT control and decision-making. That governance model helped to ensure that IT investments aligned with strategic goals. It also usually saved money. Companies could negotiate discounts for buying in bulk, standardize hardware solutions across their organizations to save maintenance and service costs and make vendor management easier.
