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Whether a company should use public, private or hybrid cloud used to be a big question for IT professionals and developers. But now, more businesses are using a mix of platforms. This handbook looks at that trend and provides advice on crafting cloud deployment models that can be tailored to companies' needs.

First, news writer Joel Shore talks to experts and users about the prevalence of multicloud deployments. Readers considering or adopting this trend will find tips on how to keep chaos out of their cloud deployment models. Next, technology consultant Kurt Marko directs IT professionals on putting together a cloud portfolio that matches platforms to specific applications or workloads. Once developers and IT teams have bought into the idea of diverse cloud deployment models, they need to make sure their tools can work across multiple clouds. Marko returns and closes out this handbook with an examination of common DevOps tools that can integrate with different platforms.