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Policy and Governance of Hybrid and Multi-cloud Infrastructure

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One way to think about policy is as an enforced objective. To be useful, a technology estate must be shaped to suit its purpose. It is constantly subjected to disruptive forces and requires not only that the initial design targets be met but constant tuning to ensure it continually aligns to its desired state.

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Maxwell, R. (2024). Policy and Governance of Hybrid and Multi-cloud Infrastructure. In: Azure Arc Systems Management. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9480-2_7

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