<p><em>Building Cloud Value: A Best Practice&nbsp;Guide, 2016</em> is a compendium of 10 best practices reports, covering issues that are critical to adoption and use of cloud computing. Each document was co-created by members of the&nbsp;Toronto Cloud Business Coalition, a group that spans&nbsp;many different cloud stakeholder communities: IT management from both enterprises and SMBs, global IT and cloud vendors, Canadian &lsquo;Born in the Cloud&rsquo; (BITC) suppliers, ecosystem/channel firms, academics, corporate finance experts, training providers, associations, executives at large with deep experience in the cloud industry, and other experts interested in developing best practices in key areas.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Developed and delivered by&nbsp;InsightaaS&nbsp;principals Mary Allen and Michael O&#39;Neil,&nbsp;<em>Building Cloud Value: A Best Practice&nbsp;Guide, 2016</em>&nbsp;provides an essential reference for all of the key cloud stakeholder communities.&nbsp;The book addresses the need&nbsp;of non-IT executives to understand cloud in a business-relevant context&nbsp;(Cloud Business Models, Metrics and Imperatives); it provides essential guidance for IT managers and practitioners looking to build or expand current cloud activities (Planning for the Cloud/Cloud Strategy for enterprises or for SMBs,&nbsp;Delivering Cloud via Public, Private and Hybrid Environments, Advanced Cloud Application Adoption and Enablement, Cloud Security, Privacy and Reliability, Cloud Skills Requirements and Development); it illustrates alignment between corporate and IT responsibilities (Cloud Governance, Risk and Compliance); and it delivers insights needed by a supply chain looking to develop viable cloud business models (Cloud Go-to-Market, Financing Cloud Businesses). Readers can use any individual chapter to develop strategy in response to a specific business demand, or can absorb the entire work to understand how and why best practices in cloud lead to sustainable business success in the digital world.</p>