Pamela K. Isom - Is Your Company Ready for Cloud: Choosing the Best Cloud Adoption Strategy for Your Business

Choosing the Best Cloud Adoption Strategy for Your Business

Pamela K. Isom Kerrie Holley

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This book is dedicated to our soldiers of war and peace and our special forces;
I cannot imagine life without your support, your courage, your strategic
thinking, and steady intervention
To the military families, thank you for your strength
I am sending a special shout out to the Vietnam veterans; thank you for what
you have done and continue to do for me and our nation; you are loved, most
appreciated, and always, always remembered.

The book was written in acknowledgment of several passion points of mine. The first is my clients: I find you interesting and I thank you for being you. The second is strategy, which is what I focus on to keep my clients satisfied. The third is cloud computing, which is an exciting process enabler and business technology. And the fourth is enterprise architecture (EA)there is something about that holistic, integrated approach to anticipating the need for change and solving business problems that I find extremely valuable. I hope you find my experiences insightful as you read this book. I thank God first and foremost for the ability, and for doing great things for me.

I thank my family for unwavering support. To my darling husband and Vietnam veteran, Frank, well, first of all thank you for your service. I love you and I appreciate you, your encouragement, and your amazing faith. I am so glad you came home. And then came you, Frank, and then came you.

I thank my baby girl, Talea. What an amazing and beautiful young lady you are. I am so very proud of you, your intelligence, your stamina, and your ability to remain genuine and true to your word. These combined characteristics are and will continue to take you far so hold on to them. And you know something else, Talea, thank you for keeping me positive while I worked on this book and your insights on supercomputersonly my girl can do that!

I am thankful for my baby brother, Sgt. McCoy; I am so glad that you made it back from two wars. I know you dont mind serving, but I hope you stay home! To the rest of my family you are special, and you are loved and you know it.

Claus, thank you for co-authoring ; I also appreciate Ms. Hayes-Angiono and my students of 2011, Talia, Julissa, Kayla, Natalia, Jacque A., Jacquelyn V., Lizbeth, Vivian, and Esmeralda; yes, it is possible!

Pamela Isom

I want to acknowledge my two sons for their spirit and love: To my oldest son, Kier Holley, for his maturity, kindness, intellect, kindred spirit, and paving a road that always reminds me that the future is bright. As a freshman in high school, he is beginning to build his future, and I am quite proud of him. Quiet in disposition, always thinking, he will be brilliant at whatever he decides to do in life. I love him dearly and watching him expand his horizons is pure pleasure. His love of mathematics, science, and the arts is most excellent.

To my youngest son, Hugo Holley, for his old soul spirit, his sweet soul, who torched the road ahead for me in writing, and makes my soul shine whenever he says, You are the best dad ever. I love his critical thinking and optimism. His love for his brother and mother warms my heart. I love him with all my heart. It is a pleasure to see him excel in mathematics and science.