The Cloud Computing euphoria has now paved way for many organizations accepting IaaS as a part of their IT portfolio but not without its set of problems and doubts. Many of these perceived issues are because of the myths that keep surrounding the Cloud Computing market. The most common myths that IT teams battle with constantly about Infrastructure-as-a-service offerings include:

Business Intelligence helps managers make critical decisions based on insightful or accurate information and not on “gut feel”. This forms the basis of the overarching benefits BI has on offer for firms inundated with large streams of data.

BI systems when rightly conceived and properly implemented help the end users to make informed decisions in every possible scenario covered by the reporting dashboards. Such an arrangement ultimately makes the employees more productive, deliver greater efficiency in the supply chain and generates loyal customers.

Following a hybrid cloud model helps firms to derive the benefits of private & public clouds and overcome the disadvantages as well. The hybrid model provides the IT managers the opportunity to decide what stays within the private cloud and what could well be derived from the public cloud. Public clouds help make cloud computing more accessible to enterprises by addressing their concerns within the cloud domain at the same time providing them with the benefits of the cloud infrastructure which legacy IT infrastructure systems cannot provide.

The retail industry has evolved a lot and has gone through dynamic changes over the last few years. With the projected market size to reach $22,000 billion in the next five years, the retail industry presents a sizeable opportunity. This opportunity comes with its own set of challenges including thin margins, increased competition and rapidly evolving customer needs. Add to this, the educated, well informed and digitally savvy customer who wants a more personalized shopping experience at all touch points including storefronts, mobile and email.