{"id":645235,"date":"2013-03-05T08:55:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=615342"},"modified":"2013-03-05T08:55:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T13:55:24","slug":"sponsored-post-ask-the-right-questions-to-shorten-your-path-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645235","title":{"rendered":"Sponsored post: Ask the right questions to shorten your path to the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re in a sophisticated IT shop, you\u2019re already familiar with IT outsourcing. Your knowledge of this market gives you a leg up when you\u2019re shopping for a service provider. You already have a bank of the right questions to ask.<\/p>\n<p>But what happens when you\u2019re moving an application to a <a href=\"http:\/\/communities.intel.com\/community\/datastack\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/ask-the-right-questions-to-shorten-your-path-to-the-cloud\" rel=\"nofollow\">cloud environment<\/a>? 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