For nearly every firm, the road to the cloud is a winding, narrow one full of hairpin turns. A lot of people were forced to go to the cloud by aggressive corporate units. Some may have begun with a well-thought-out plan, only to have it quickly become unwieldy due to new, swiftly added cloud apps that were either legally or illegally obtained to support growth demands and new projects. However, only few are truly cloud-savvy.Because of the overwhelming advantages of cloud computing, most businesses are adding apps at an alarming rate, either by deliberate design or sheer willpower. Frequently, the outcome is a disjointed, ineffective cloud environment that fails to fulfill the objectives of the company or the potential of the technology.