## How This Book Is Organized 

This book isn’t intended to be an exhaustive technical manual on implementing and managing cloud computing. Instead, we give you a taste of the concepts and approaches you need to consider when embarking on your journey to the hybrid cloud. 

We’ve organized this book into six chapters: 

✓ Chapter 1 gives you an overview of the business case for foundational cloud services — what it means to the business and how these services support the overall IT approach. 

✓ Chapter 2 provides you with an understanding of the technical foundation for IaaS and PaaS. The chapter includes use cases that explain the business benefits to the organization. 

✓ Chapter 3 delves into the economics of cloud services. The chapter explains the type of economic benefit you gain from using foundational cloud services and how they support changing business requirements. 

✓ Chapter 4 provides an overview of managing cloud workloads and services. Many different types of workloads need to be supported in the cloud. This chapter presents the different workloads and how they need to be managed to support IT and business needs. 

✓ Chapter 5 provides insights into the important issue of security, governance, and cloud reliability. What does it mean to have a secure cloud and how do you ensure that your assets are safe? How do you have the right level of support for governance rules that keeps your company safe and in compliance? 

✓ Chapter 6 gives you a roadmap for planning your journey to the hybrid cloud from a best practices perspective. 

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