Securosis: Network Operations and Security Professionals’ Guide to Managing Public Cloud Journeys

Cloud computing is different, disruptive, and transformative. It has no patience for traditional
 practices or existing architectures. The cloud requires change, and there is a growing body of
 documentation on end states you should strive for, but a lack of guidance on how to get there.
 Cloud computing may be a journey, but it’s one with many paths to what is all too often a highly
 nebulous destination.
 Although every individual enterprise has different goals, needs, and capabilities for their cloud
 transition, our experience and research have identified a series of fairly consistent patterns.