The Cloud Ecosystem: A Guide for CIOs with VMware

As a CIO, understanding the cloud ecosystem is essential for leveraging cloud computing for digital transformation, agility, and innovation.

To understand why the ecosystem is so important for any move to the cloud, we spoke with the head of Strategic Ecosystem & Industry Solutions at VMware, Zia Yusuf.

During the conversation, Zia explains the cloud ecosystem, why it’s a challenging issue for many CIOs, and offers advice for migration planning and investing in the cloud.

The discussion covers these topics:

• What is the cloud ecosystem?
• How does the cloud ecosystem drive customer success?
• What are the roles and responsibilities of cloud ecosystem participants?
• How is customer success different in the cloud from on-premises?
• What are the business impacts of multicloud and hybrid cloud solutions?
• How important is the ecosystem to cloud migration?
• What is the role of ecosystem in innovation and cloud adoption?
• Advice to CIOs on migration from on-premises to cloud?
• How should CIOs plan and architect their cloud computing ecosystem?
• What are the best metrics to use for evaluating a cloud migration strategy?