This toolkit aims to guide information professionals in assessing cloud computing services for information use and storage. The author suggests that the toolkit should be used as a starting point for assessment of the risks and benefits of outsourcing services and information storage to the cloud, and the development of a cloud strategy, specification or requirements for using cloud storage.
The Cloud Computing Toolkit: Guidance for Outsourcing Information Storage to the Cloud is the result of an Archives & Records Association funded project with Aberystwyth University and is available from the ARA website at http://www.archives.org.uk/.