The pace of change in IT

Few areas of human endeavor can match the pace of change in IT. Even by IT standards, the change being driven by cloud computing at times seems surprising. To refer to a virtual environment that has only recently been deployed as "legacy," as some organizations are now doing, underscores the fact that the only thing constant in the data center is change. To deal with change of this magnitude, which can involve transforming the workload hosting model of an entire organization, some industrial-strength thinking is required.

The result of applying these steps is a methodical

The result of applying these steps is a methodical, exhaustive and rapid process for planning cloud migrations. By taking a data-centric, policy-driven approach, fewer mistakes are made, less rework is required, and application owners and other stakeholders will have much higher confidence they will arrive on the other end unscathed. This transparency, combined with the detailed specifications and implementation details that emerge, can rapidly accelerate cloud initiatives. This not only reduces time-to-value, however also enables IT organizations to keep up with the pace of technology technology, which shows no sign of letting up.