Chapter 2

Embracing the Business Imperative

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Reimaging IT with the cloud

check Transforming your legacy

check Discovering the importance of multicloud in a flexible computing model

check Optimizing your business platform for modularity

check Rethinking the business of technology innovation

check Getting ready for the future

The cloud is the most disruptive computing revolution of our times; fostering dramatic changes in both the technology we live with every day and the way we use technology to transform business practices. As organizations are forced to deal with more innovative competitors, it is imperative that management can implement change fast. Cloud computing has become the engine of adaptive change.

If your business hasn’t been on top of the technology curve and disrupting your competitors, your competitors are probably disrupting your business. Changes are affecting all businesses very ...

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