WHITE PAPER: Cloud Considerations for the Nonprofit CFO

May 25, 2017

Myths of the Cloud

Heard rumors? Get the facts!

A number of concerns remain for first-time cloud adopters, especially for those who manage applications with sensitive data. Let's see how well you know the cloud in this true/false quiz!

Myths of the Cloud

With state-of-the-art intrusion detection and encrypted data, many organizations find the cloud is more secure than their local servers.

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TIP: Work with a cloud vendor that enforces rigorous controls and compliance standards.

With a cloud software solution, you can improve internal controls by setting up user permissions so that specific employees or departments only see the information they need.

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Cloud solutions reduce or eliminate hardware maintenance and replacement costs and cloud services are rented—not owned—and are therefore delivered most often via subscription.

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TIP: Understand the true cost of your IT organization and apply that to a five to seven year Net Present Value (NPV) analysis—at minimum—for any financial software decisions.

Although you’re utilizing your cloud vendor’s infrastructure, your data still belongs to your organization.

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TIP: Understand your provider’s policies for providing data copies should you request them or decided to discontinue the use of their services.

Nonprofits who hope to keep their IT management in-house are finding it harder to attract, afford, and retain the talent necessary to run an efficient technology stack. Worse still, a poorly managed IT portfolio exposes the organization to security and continuity risks as threats become more sophisticated.

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