## In This Chapter 

▶ Making cloud computing your business strategy 

▶ Getting started with PaaS and IaaS 

▶ Accelerating your momentum 

▶ Looking into business considerations 

## Starting Your Cloud Journey 

## Chapter 6 

A s you begin your cloud journey, you need to consider what types of cloud models are the best fit for your business and understand the current reality of the computing resources that you own and how effective they are in supporting your business strategy. Do you have the flexibility to scale your resources quickly enough to leverage new business opportunities? Do you have the ability to collect and analyze critical information in real time so you can reduce risk and improve asset management? Have you been able to improve your customer experience fast enough to build stronger and more personal customer relationships? Do you have the ability to support the needs of the business when IT budgets have decreased? If your answers are yes, your business strategy is probably already integrated with your cloud strategy. However, in most situations, you’ll identify opportunities for improvements in business flexibility by looking into how your current computing environment supports your business goals. 

In this chapter, you discover how you should start planning your cloud journey. You explore both the issues that you need to take into account as well as the implementation considerations. 

