A cloud platform isn’t an additional element that you add to your IT portfolio. It resembles full-on IT outsourcing more than IT procurement.
Cloud Strategy – A Decisions-Based Approach to Successful Cloud Migration by Gregor Hohpe

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QUOTE 2: Purpose
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QUOTE 12: Conventional operation
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QUOTE 13: Change and uncertainty
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QUOTE 4: Customer feedback
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