Many companies claim to have "gone to the cloud," yet returns from their efforts are meager or worse. Why? Because they''ve defined cloud as a destination, not a capability. Using cloud as a single-vendor, one-stop destination is fiction; in practice, today''s organizations use a mosaic of capabilities across several vendors. Your cloud strategy needs to follow a hybrid multicloud model, one that delivers cloud''s value at destinations you choose.

This practical guide provides business leaders and C-level executives with guidance and insights across a wide range of cloud-related topics, such as distributed cloud, microservices, and other open source solutions for strengthening operations. You''ll apply in-the-field best practices and lessons learned as you define your hybrid cloud strategy and drive your company''s transformation strategy.

• Learn cloud fundamentals and patterns, including basic concepts and history
• Get a framework for cloud acumen phases to value-plot your cloud future
• Know which questions to ask a cloud provider before you sign
• Discover potential pitfalls for everything from the true cost of a cloud solution to adopting open source the right way

Many companies claim to have "gone to the cloud," yet returns from their efforts are meager or worse. Why? Because they''ve defined cloud as a destination, not a capability. Using cloud as a single-vendor, one-stop destination is fiction; in practice, today''s organizations use a mosaic of capabilities across several vendors. Your cloud strategy needs to follow a hybrid multicloud model, one that delivers cloud''s value at destinations you choose.

This practical guide provides business leaders and C-level executives with guidance and insights across a wide range of cloud-related topics, such as distributed cloud, microservices, and other open source solutions for strengthening operations. You''ll apply in-the-field best practices and lessons learned as you define your hybrid cloud strategy and drive your company''s transformation strategy.

• Learn cloud fundamentals and patterns, including basic concepts and history
• Get a framework for cloud acumen phases to value-plot your cloud future
• Know which questions to ask a cloud provider before you sign
• Discover potential pitfalls for everything from the true cost of a cloud solution to adopting open source the right way