I have heard “you must be in the cloud if you want to do business in today’s world.” While I concur with the general gist of the concept, I question the most used migration methods, the concept everything must be cloud, and the focus on differentiation between on premise and cloud options. When a person only has a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This session focuses on getting away from the single tool approach by exposing you to additional tools.

This session is centered around the idea of understanding your current situation, assessing the steps you take, and determining your ideal endpoint, as well as steps you can take along the journey. Whether you are early in cloud adoption, already in process, or fairly mature in cloud residency, you will find some practical steps to help you on your journey.

Topics covered include:
• The 6 Rs: Assessing Your Portfolio
• Strategies for moving to the cloud
• Choosing Between Various Cloud Options
• Current Trends In Cloud Adoption
• A Peek at the Future of Cloud
• Practical Steps for Containing Cloud Costs

This session is intermediate in nature, but distilled down enough to make it easy to be consumed on some level by novices.