Weekly Poll: Where Do You Begin the Road to Cloud Computing?

The decisions that come with deciding how to use cloud computing reminds me of conversations that I am sure you’ve had.

You look at a few options then you decide. But with the cloud, it’s about a few hundred features to consider.

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Here’s our first topic:

A first step towards creating a virtualized infrastructure often comes at a point when the customer starts experiencing performance issues. Servers start failing as application loads increase. When these issues start occurring, what are the first steps to take into consideration? How should a virtualized infrastructure be deployed? How are these pre-production environments developed? What are the most effective ways to deploy a simplified, reliable and optimized virtualization solution?

Already we are seeing replies.

But what do you think? Here’s a quick poll to help you think through what you want to say.