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Cloud strategy

A cloud strategy is the plan an organization follows to host its IT infrastructure in a cloud environment. By outlining the cloud’s architecture, development plans and governance model, cloud strategies help ensure effective performance of the infrastructure, workloads and applications hosted in the cloud.

A cloud strategy also supports cloud management of the cloud by defining:

  • Cost
  • Functionality
  • Service levels

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Related terms

  • Cloud enablement
  • Cloud governance
  • Digital Innovation
  • IT roadmap
  • Workload

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