<p>Vijay Sethi, VP Information Systems and CIO, Hero MotoCorp, in an interaction with InformationWeek talks about the significance of cloud standards, how cloud is being leveraged by the business and the key pointers to be kept in mid by the CIOs before they move to the cloud</p><p>How is Hero MotoCorp tapping cloud computing to draw business benefits for the business?</p><p>We extensively use public cloud service offerings in following areas:Hosting and sharing of information with our partners using offerings under 'Infrastructure as a service'Niche security services / monitoring services using offerings under 'Security as a service'Social Media Analytics, where we use big data analytics as a service and monitor various KPIs using offerings under 'Analytics as a service'We are exploring various other areas where we can use specialized software / applications using offerings under 'Application or Software as a service'One of the other major initiatives in the area of cloud computing which we have undertaken is the Dealer Management System (DMS). DMS is a community cloud hosted by Hero MotoCorp where the application hosted by Hero is accessed by all its dealers. Going cloud helped us in reducing significantly the time for deployment and overall costs</p><p>According to you what are some of the key areas that the CIOs need to evaluate before moving to the cloud?</p><p><a href="http://ibm.informationweek.in/interviews/item/234-framing-cloud-standards-essential-to-instill-customer%E2%80%99s-confidence-in-cloud-offerings.html">Keep reading...</a></p>