Chapter 6 Starting Your Cloud  Journey In This Chapter A s you begin your cloud journey, you need to consider  what types of cloud models are the best fit for your  business and understand the current reality of the computing  resources that you own and how effective they are in supporting your business strategy. Do you have the flexibility  to scale your resources quickly enough to leverage new business opportunities? Do you have the ability to collect and  analyze critical information in real time so you can reduce  risk and improve asset management? Have you been able to  improve your customer experience fast enough to build stronger and more personal customer relationships? Do you  have the ability to support the needs of the business when IT budgets have decreased? If your answers are yes, your  business strategy is probably already integrated with your  cloud strategy. However, in most situations, you’ll identify  opportunities for improvements in business flexibility by looking into how your current computing environment supports your business goals. In this chapter, you discover how you should start planning  your cloud journey. You explore both the issues that you  need to take into account as well as the implementation considerations. These materials are the copyright of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and any  dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. ▶  Making cloud computing your business strategy ▶  Getting started with PaaS and IaaS ▶  Accelerating your momentum ▶  Looking into business considerations