100% Cloud by 2020 Caesars Entertainment, the only Las Vegas casino company that’s going all-in with cloud computing, has 11 pieces of advice for other companies looking to move in that direction. Two nuggets rise to the top: Choose an implementation partner with lots of experience, and don’t proceed “with an on-premises mindset,” says Michael Mann, vice president of transformation at Caesars.
Caesars moved its financial operations from a 30-year-old on-premises system to Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud. That let Caesars reduce its accounting and external audit costs significantly and move from a quarterly close to a monthly process. The broader plan, as articulated by Caesars’ CEO Mark Frissora, is to move 100 percent of the company’s enterprise applications to the cloud by 2020.
Six Tips for IT Security Risk Assessments When it’s time to put out a request for proposals to engage new technology providers, what do you ask when it comes to security? For starters, limit the scope of an assessment to the potential security risks for the services the supplier is offering you, says Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson. Davidson shares her perspective on this question as both a buyer and a seller of cloud services.
The Truth About Blockchain Let’s fix this first: blockchain is not Bitcoin. Blockchain is Bitcoin’s underlying technology, but it has many other potential uses across enterprise activities, including finance, supply chains, and human resources. Two more big blockchain myths debunked.
Larger customers are looking for end-to-end cloud solutions, not just the applications themselves, says Certus Solutions’ Debra Lilley. What’s driving that decision?
