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Multicloud Adoption Framework

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Multicloud Adoption Framework: Your Guide to Cloud Success

The Multicloud Adoption Framework is your go-to guide for creating a smarter, more aligned approach to cloud success. Designed with four clear phases, this framework provides actionable steps for every stage of your multicloud journey. It is built to support both IT professionals and business leaders for alignment of technology investments with business goals. By following these steps, you’re not just achieving quick wins but also laying a strong foundation for sustained growth, propelling your organization towards a cloud-ready future.

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Strategy

Create consensus, plan
and actionable roadmap
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Implement

Maximize operational
agility and efficiency
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Adopt

Act on operational
plans
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Scale

Manage, extend and
measure

A practical guide to building your cloud by design

Use this eBook to review what is working well, what you want to improve and what you need to start doing to deliver business and technical outcomes from your multicloud environment.
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STRATEGY How do you leverage cloud investments for AI success?

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IMPLEMENT Accelerate Innovation and Productivity with Application Modernization

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ADOPT High Velocity IT Service Delivery with IaC, GitOps and ITSM

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SCALE Transform your Cloud Consumer Experience

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Dell’s Multicloud Adoption Framework is a practical guide to help you build a more intentional, business-aligned multicloud environment. It gives you a structured way to plan, implement, adopt, and scale your environment so your cloud investments support both current priorities and long-term goals.

The framework is organized into four phases:

  • Strategy: align stakeholders, define priorities, and build an actionable roadmap
  • Implement: put your strategic plan into action and launch your cloud architecture with self-service capabilities
  • Adopt: Start running workloads, plan for modernization and adopt DevSecOps principles
  • Scale: Implement user-focused strategies, continuous optimization and responsive support

A Multicloud Adoption Framework helps leaders move beyond isolated cloud decisions and take a more intentional approach to cloud success. It provides a practical, phased model for aligning technology investments with business goals so organizations can realize near-term wins while building a stronger foundation for long-term growth.

Cloud by default is what happens when cloud environments grow without a clear plan, often leading to inconsistent experiences across environments, security and fragmented governance, all leading to rising costs and complexity. Cloud by design is any combination of two or more public clouds, private clouds, or edge environments that offer consistent infrastructure, operations, financial transparency and management capabilities.

Dell recommends the eBook as a practical guide to start. It is positioned to help leaders assess what is working well, what they want to improve, and what they need to start doing to deliver business and technical outcomes from their multicloud environment.

Yes. The framework is designed for organizations at different stages of cloud maturity. Whether you are starting with private cloud, expanding across multiple cloud environments, or refining an existing strategy, you can use the framework to focus on the phase where you need the most guidance or acceleration.

The framework supports AI success by helping organizations move from a multicloud built “by default” to one designed intentionally to support AI development. It emphasizes asking questions up front, focusing first on 1–2 high-value AI business initiatives, prioritizing by value and feasibility, and deciding workload placement.

The framework is designed for both IT and business leaders who need to align cloud investments with organizational priorities. It is especially useful for organizations who need operational clarity as well as strategic alignment.

The Strategy phase is about creating consensus and turning direction into an actionable roadmap. For leadership teams, that means aligning stakeholders early and establishing a clearer plan for multicloud decisions before execution begins.
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