Cloud computing is enabling organizations everywhere to reduce costs and improve service levels, but along with the benefits comes challenges, too.

Understanding these potential problems is pivotal to achieving the benefits going forward.

IBM is helping its clients gain a greater perspective into the benefits and costs of moving to a cloud-computing environment through a 10-week engagement to determine the costs, benefits, risks and recommendations of shifting to the cloud.

Read on to learn how this cloud computing business case development engagement will offer you a comprehensive assessment of your organization's move to adopt a cloud business model by:

• Defining an organizational framework specifying how cloud computing strategy will align your IT and business goals
• Identifying and quantifying all considerations
• And developing recommendations to facilitate decisions by executive stakeholders on implementation