Cloud Outsourcing guide released by Janco

April 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Park City, UT - The Practical Guide for Cloud Outsourcing has been bundled with the Disaster Recovery Business Continuity and the Security templates along with the recent update for ISO 27031 by Janco Associates, Inc.  The CEO of Janco, Victor Janulaitis said, "The need to lower cost, increase efficiency and conserve cash has increased the motivation of companies to turn to Cloud Computing.  At the same time there are many mandated requirements that CIOs and IT staffs need to comply with.  That is why we have bundled these three products into a single package."

Janulaitis added, "CIOs require that cloud-computing providers meet the highest standards of service. After all, they are entrusting them with critical corporate process and data. Cloud computing requirements are the building blocks for the best practices that every CIO is striving to meet. This offering meets those needs."

The templates have all been recently updated and comply with all of recent legislation as well as the just released ISO 27031 guidelines for business continuity.  Janulaitis added, "Nearly six of 10 IT departments outsource some critical function--management, design, development or operations; almost one-fourth keep executive and management functions in-house but look to outsource everything else. As companies rely more on outsiders, a lack of oversight, management, and even monitoring can have catastrophic consequences."

The Practical Guided for Cloud Outsourcing Template includes a sample cloud outsourcing contract along with a service level agreement and other tools to facilitate the cloud outsourcing process. The template includes Janco's exclusive Business and IT Impact Questionnaire. The template is delivered electronically in WORD and/or PDF format.  Included are two job descriptions - Cloud Application Manager and Cloud Computing Architect. Sarbanes-Oxley issues are addressed directly, along with an ISO compliant audit program.

For more information go to http://www.e-janco.com/Cloud.htm

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Janco is a consulting firm that publishes the IT Salary Survey, Browser Market Data, and the organizational and IT Infrastructure HandiGuide® series of books.