Microsoft to CIOs: Before You Go Google, Ask Questions

23.02.2011
The mounting pressure to move IT resources to the cloud has added a layer of complexity to the already complex job of a CIO.

To address tricky cloud migrations, Microsoft listing five key themes that the company is hearing from IT leaders considering moving parts of their business to a cloud platform. Two standout themes are the desire for a long-term commitment from a cloud provider and assurance of security and privacy.

Yet another theme on the minds of CIOs, according to blog writer Ron Markezich, corporate VP of Microsoft Online, is defining what a cloud vendor should be: a service provider or a business partner?

Businesses overwhelmingly want a partner with a proven enterprise track record who can lay out a long-term roadmap, writes Markezich. In a separate post this week, Markezich goes a step further by calling out Microsoft cloud rival Google as an enterprise wannabe with commitment issues.

Microsoft is clearly feeling Google's footsteps. Last fall the search giant announced that it has .

Microsoft's latest blog post wants to remind IT buyers that it is "all in" for the cloud and has decades more enterprise acumen than that feisty Internet search company named Google.