These materials are the copyright of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and any  dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Chapter 6: Starting Your Cloud Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Integrating Your Business, IT, and Cloud Strategies........... 56 Getting Started with IaaS and PaaS........................................ 57 Private IaaS for development and test........................ 57 Public IaaS for development and test ......................... 57 Public PaaS for architecting new business models... 58 Private PaaS for delivering new services.................... 58 Accelerating the Company’s Momentum.............................. 58 Gaining IT acceptance................................................... 59 Managing cloud services .............................................. 59 Planning the Successful Journey............................................ 60 Business considerations............................................... 61 How’s the business changing?........................... 61 How does the company want to provide services in the future? ...................... 61 What are the financial constraints for the company?............................................. 62 Is the company too siloed for the strategy? .... 62 Is there an easy mechanism to encourage experimentation and innovation?.................. 62 Implementation considerations................................... 62 Evaluating reference architectures................... 62 Focusing on efficiency and flexibility................ 63 Planning for a fabric of services ........................ 63 Assuming that you’ll plan for a lightweight approach ................................... 63 Monitored and managing everything you do... 63 Transforming IT with Cloud ................................................... 63  Table of Contents v