SCSS: Benefits and Risks of Cloud Computing

The cloud is a highly technical, constantly evolving space. To keep up, managers try to cobble together countless cloud concepts from power point slides and cartoons that provide incomplete abstractions. Consequently, their understanding is rarely sufficient for meaningful decision making. This workshop aims to remedy this situation by giving participants the opportunity to perform a real cloud migration on an archetypal business application (no coding skills required).

The workshop starts with a typical business application running on a local machine. All participants will be divided into one of six groups, and each group will be responsible for migrating the application to the cloud. A global dashboard will track the state of each team's application and correlate management objectives to tangible technical tasks. Expect to gain a ground truth conception of the cloud while enjoying lighthearted fun.