David Jones

For me, the way an IT solution is deployed in today’s environment can be thought of in a similar way to an offensive coach’s play calling strategy – namely, run versus pass.

For a while it appeared to be a case of never the twain shall meet – ECM systems seemed stuck in an on-premises world, with the growth of cloud solutions happening in other industries. There were many reasons for this, but it appears the tide may finally be turning. Research from AIIMshows that slowly but surely “ECM in the Cloud” is gathering pace.

Cloud computing never seems to be out of the news. Most coverage is about the various pros and cons of getting onto the cloud. But this week a sizeable group of existing cloud users found that nevermind the getting on – sometimes you have to think about getting off the ride.

A lot of organizations store content and systems in the cloud without really knowing where those vitals corporate assets are being put–a bit like me as a pirate, giving all my treasure to my crew and asking them to bury it for me. My crew might be genuine and store that treasure securely, and draw me an accurate map so that I can get my hands on it when I want. But on the other hand, they could just be a bunch of pirates, running an insecure storage facility, using outdated treasure chests, liable to go bust at any stage and get rid of the treasure to their peers on PirateBay!