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An Insider's Guide to Cloud Computing • David Linthicum & Prasad Rao
Cloud computing experts share practical insights on successful adoption, covering multi-cloud strategy, cost optimization, security, talent needs and pragmatic implementation approaches.
- Cloud adoption requires thorough planning and a clear business case beyond just CapEx vs OpEx considerations
- Organizations need proper talent and skills in place before cloud migration - either through upskilling existing staff or hiring
- Most applications are monolithic and not all systems should move to cloud - evaluate each workload’s business case individually
- Multi-cloud is inevitable for most organizations, requiring a unified management layer for security, operations and governance
- Cloud costs need to align with business value and revenue - many organizations are overspending due to lack of optimization
- Future of cloud computing involves heterogeneous environments combining cloud, on-premise and edge computing
- Success requires looking at cloud pragmatically rather than as an all-or-nothing proposition
- Organizations should give themselves at least a year to properly plan and prepare for cloud adoption
- Security and operational complexity increases with cloud - need proper tools and processes to manage
- AI and modern cloud capabilities provide benefits but shouldn’t be adopted without clear business drivers