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✓ What’s the reputation of the public cloud provider? 

✓ How well does your internal organization understand the various internal and external workloads that need to be supported? 

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You need to be practical in how you address these questions. If the workloads require real-time performance, you need to keep those as close to the source of the transactions as possible. However, some workloads can run with less stringent performance and can be placed in a less expensive cloud model. Regardless, you never want to risk the reputation of your company. Part of the risk is selecting a cloud provider that is here today and gone tomorrow. Workload management must be viewed as an overall part of your cloud management strategy. Therefore, planning for managing workloads goes hand in hand with a strong cloud strategy plan. 

