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MANA GEMENT STRATEGIES F O R THE CL OUD R EV OL UTION
When it comes to the cloud, the run book—the document
of best practices—is still being written. In its place, the school
of direct experience may be the only way to find out some of
the things you need to know. The risks are clearly there, but
in most instances the risks can be defined, evaluated, and con-
tained for certain workloads. There are still questions about
some elements of secure virtual machine operation, but im-
pressive resources are being poured into researching the dan-
ger points. Improved solutions are sure to be put in place, and
one by one, the barriers to sound operations will fall.
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