I first read Greg'ss original book on SOA many years ago, and recently picked up both his 37 Things / Elevator book, and this Cloud Strategy - A Decision-based Approach to Successful Cloud Migration
He starts off with contrasting Cloud to what corporates are typically used: procurement, predictability
He gives a brilliant explanation on the difference between making Digital things (watches, Encarta), and using Digital to change your business (Wikipedia, Uber, etc)
Some of the topics he brings up:
- Cloud isn't Procurement, it's a lifestyle change
- Predicatability Vs elasticity
- Feature checklist Vs cloud vision
- Snapshot Vs constant evolution
- Product Vs platform -
Local Vs global optimisation: best of breed components Vs platform
In the case of cloud, though, you’re not looking to replace an existing component that serves a specific organisational need. Rather the opposite, you’re looking for a product that enables your organization to work in a fundamentally different way (that’s what we call “transformation”). - Segregation of Infrastructure from Application
- Control Vs transparency
- Resilience through Redundancy vs. Automation
