In previous posts, we described the importance of developing an overarching strategy for building a hybrid cloud environment and defining the desired business outcomes.
Based on this, organizations should next develop a portfolio of services or applications with capabilities that can deliver those outcomes. This is sometimes called a service catalog, or a menu of services that companies offer to users.
For example, if your organization needs to support its online business, you must be able to quickly scale up and down compute resources to meet changing volumes of electronic transactions. Speed and performance are important. Or if you are building a cloud-based medical records system, security and compliance become critical capabilities.
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