Cloud Concepts: Determining Your Cloud Strategy

Introduction

• How to determine your strategy

1. Starting the Journey with the Cloud

• Defining the need to move to the cloud
• Understanding cloud deployment models
• Educating your stakeholders
• Creating a future roadmap

2. Identifying a Proof of Concept (POC) Project

• Identifying the right candidate for POC
• Identifying the POC team

3. Creating a Center of Excellence (COE)

• Defining the roles and responsibilities of the COE
• Building the COE team
• Enabling the COE

4. Leveraging the Partner Ecosystem

• Finding the right partner
• Evaluating the need for a managed service provider (MSP)