With so many options – on-premises private clouds, off-premises public clouds, hybrid cloud bursting, and the mix-and-match approach of “multi-cloud” – deciding how best to move forward can be overwhelming. The crowding landscape of public cloud providers only exacerbates things. New players and new offerings constantly enter the scene, but there remain three key things to consider as you transform IT: performance, cost, and agility. This white paper discusses the challenges that must be recognized and questions that must be considered in order to succeed in this new cloud era.