Cloud computing is different, disruptive, and transformative. It has no patience for traditional
 practices or existing architectures. The cloud requires change, and there is a growing body of
 documentation on end states you should strive for, but a lack of guidance on how to get there.
 Cloud computing may be a journey, but it’s one with many paths to what is all too often a highly
 nebulous destination.
 Although every individual enterprise has different goals, needs, and capabilities for their cloud
 transition, our experience and research have identified a series of fairly consistent patterns.