Companies across industries are leveraging the benefits of the cloud, while also maintaining control and flexibility. IT leaders are achieving this by adopting a ‘cloud smart’ strategy, and carefully considering which workloads are best suited for the cloud, rather than blindly moving everything into it. By adopting hybrid models and optimizing certain workloads (such as testing, DevOps, and OS upgrades), IBM i organizations are capturing the benefits of the cloud, while also avoiding unnecessary technical debt.