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34 Your Journey to the Cloud Enterprises making the journey from traditional IT methods to the cloud must first decide whether they'll pursue a private or public cloud strategy or a hybrid strategy combining elements of both. As noted earlier, most enterprises are opting for a hybrid cloud. Enterprises increasingly recognize the value of an enterprise cloud that allows them to support both existing enterprise applications and new, cloud-native applications either on-premises or in the cloud. On-premises infrastructure is usually the most economical option for predictable enterprise workloads and development needs, while the cloud supports elastic workloads, next- generation applications, and accommodates unforeseen resource needs. When organizations consider which applications and workloads to run in the public cloud, they often look at the following opportunities first: • Development and Test. Development work can often be supported economically in the cloud. This is especially true for new projects that might not succeed. • Disaster Recovery and Data Protection. By eliminating the need for a secondary datacenter with resources dedicated for disaster recovery, DR in the cloud can be very cost-effective. • Software-as-a-Service. Increasingly, enterprises choose a variety of applications to provide non-critical services. SaaS services can often eliminate much of the infrastruc- ture and administrative overhead, allowing your IT team to focus on services that differentiate your business. This is not to say that your organization should move these workloads to the cloud, just that most organization see them as potentially low hanging fruit. You should evaluate your needs as described in Chapter 5 before making any decisions.