India, Nov. 9 -- As organizations continue to send more services into the cloud, many IT leaders are beginning to discover that their patchwork approach is leading to inefficient and sometimes even counterproductive results. Cloud experts, such as Ken Englund, technology advisory leader at business consulting firm EY Americas, understand that cloud optimization has become essential to tapping into the cloud's full value. "Organizations that optimize their cloud operations move beyond being 'on-the-cloud' to exploiting 'in-the-cloud' ways of working," he said.

Plan before deploying

A well-planned cloud deployment strategy can save money and dramatically improve time to market for new solutions, observed Mark Cressey, executive vice presi...