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Plugged In - What We’re Hearing Having completed several hundred enterprise cloud transformation projects, we are consistently asked similar questions that crystalize the challenges of managing enterprise cloud environments after your initial applications are running in production. What is the best operational support model we need once our workloads are running on the cloud? How do I know if my operations team has the skills and training necessary to fully support our new cloud environment? How do we ensure that all key stakeholders are on the same page and involved in our cloud transformation at the right times with the right information? What are the recommended tools and processes for monitoring, governing and optimizing our cloud environment? What will it cost to support our new public cloud environment? How can I ensure we realize the TCO and ROI we projected in the business case? While the questions above address challenges faced after you are running on the cloud, it is very important that you answer them early on in your cloud initiative. At CTP we help our clients make these decisions in the first stages of our Cloud Adoption Program. FALL 2016 | THE DOPPLER | 59