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title: Cloud
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tags: [cloud, virtualization, migration, security, automation]
vendors: [vmware, hpe, microsoft, morpheus]
summary: The cloud is an experience, not a destination. From strategy through to running, governed operations, we help you get the best possible experience from cloud resources.
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## The cloud is an experience, not a destination

Following that principle, we help you get the best possible experience from cloud
resources.

## Provisioned fast, scaled just as fast

Cloud services let you provision resources, applications and services quickly. Scaling in
the cloud is as fast as the initial provisioning.

Because resources are rented rather than bought, billing follows a pay-per-use model. The
hidden costs rarely sit in the compute. The line item that gets missed is network traffic
**out of** the cloud: it appears in no calculation that only compares instance sizes.

## What we settle along the way

Which public cloud provider fits your requirements, and where the data may reside. The
storage location is a requirement like any other and is decided before the provider.

Ordering happens through a self-service portal, locally or worldwide, and provisioning takes
minutes. The offering runs from infrastructure through platforms to software as a service.

## Many routes into the cloud

Cloud services can be consumed in very different ways: virtual servers, Software as a
Service, or micro services.

Which one suits your plan is what we work out in structured workshops. The question is
rarely whether something can move to the cloud, but which of the three shapes makes
running it simpler afterwards rather than harder.