Explains the concept of Cloud computing and what options a company has in deploying cloud. The graphic remedies one of the many challenges facing an IT professional these days—explaining cloud computing. The sketch depicts: • Three different cloud alternatives — public cloud, external private cloud and internal private cloud — as well as the non-cloud option of existing IT system • Factors to consider in determining which elements of an IT landscape are good candidates for migration to a cloud environment and, for those that are, to which kinds of clouds
