“Cloud is Different” is a mantra I repeat on a daily basis. I’ve seriously thought about getting t-shirts made. The reason for banging on about this for such a long time is simple. Businesses have been doing IT in the same way for the last 40 years, and a lot of companies think that they can continue to use the same processes, tooling, and methodologies after they’ve moved to the cloud.
And they jolly well can’t.
Well, that’s not entirely true. Businesses certainly could use existing processes, tools, and methodologies to manage their cloud environments. But it’s fair to say that ...