To drive IT efficiency focusing specifically on direct, short-term activities, identifying applications with workloads that run infrequently or that require boutique services for migration to the cloud is the best approach. This recommendation offers immediate efficiency gains by reducing the complexity and costs associated with maintaining these applications in the current environment. Migrating infrequently used applications or those needing specialized services to the cloud can streamline IT operations and improve resource allocation without requiring extensive upfront development or vendor negotiations.
The company has an IT organization with teams that manage their own tools, budgets, and have a clear understanding of performance, capacity, and events. However, with such a decentralized structure, each team may have difficulty in aligning their cost structures to provide accurate pricing models for the services they intend to offer through the private cloud. The challenge lies in integrating these individual budgets and ensuring that the pricing reflects the true cost of offering the cloud services, which can be complex and requires coordination.