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Chapter 4

Building an Enterprise
Cloud
In This Chapter
▶ Learning why you should embrace shadow IT
▶ Discovering why the 80/20 rule should no longer apply
▶ Learning how to prepare your people for the new paradigm
▶ Finding out how enterprise cloud affects economics and the

replacement cycle

Y

ou’ve learned about the current state of IT and the “why”
and “what” behind enterprise cloud. You’re an expert on
all the reasons enterprise cloud is a great path forward.
Just one problem remains: getting from here to there. That
requires a number of activities on your part — changing the way
you think about managing IT, ensuring that your staff is ready
for the changes, and modifying processes and infrastructure.
So, this chapter starts at the beginning.

Adjusting Your Perspective:
Change Is Coming
Change is hard. Everyone knows that. However, in an industry
that often leads change in organizations, there is some irony
in how difficult it can be for IT professionals to accept change
themselves.

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