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Wat komt eerst: de apps of de cloud-infrastructuur?

Does the age-old "chicken or egg" question have relevancy in your cloud transformation planning process? How about if we rephrase the question as "which comes first: the apps or the cloud infrastructure?" Now does it create a question to be pondered or do you think you already know the answer? Many think the answer is infrastructure, but my recommendation, which also happens to be our second element of cloud success, is to let your applications drive your infrastructure.

What's your cloud strategy?

You have been hearing about "the cloud" for years and your organization has been discussing how to take advantage of it and finally the topic has reached its tipping point. The edict comes down and this is the year that you will adopt the cloud as part of your IT strategy. Will you go down an IaaS, PaaS or SaaS path or will it be a combination of technologies? It's a big decision and it will impact how you run your IT and enterprise for years to come. While this may seem like the right first step, you may be putting the cart before the horse.

Many companies start their journeys to the cloud by scoping their infrastructure