Who am I? A hands on DBA for prod and dev environments with over 20 years of experience.What do I do? Plan and execute upgrades. Oracle Database Security is my forte. The Cloud, the Cloud, it's the latest rage. What Cloud services are best for your applications? Is starting over using a platform like Salesforce the best solution. Is there one Cloud solution that can take care of all of your needs? The sales people say that their Cloud solution is the best for you. Is their security infrastructure robust enough to win the approval of your governing Information Assurance team? Experience counts in evaluating different vendors and their offerings, if they are going to house your precious Apps. Using Salesforce to replace legacy, "AS-IS"​ systems was as exciting experience. My impression of Salesforce is that it is the right tool for many jobs. Plan on saving money redeveloping your "AS-IS"​ applications make sure the numbers add up. I analyzed Salesforce thoroughly, if you interested in my analysis drop me a line.Since 2007 I have been evaluating and migrating applications to the Cloud. Ask the vendor to prove it does what they said it would do.Internal opposition from your organization to moving to the Cloud is a huge problem. Starting points as simple as a inventory of your applications can be a challenge. You can't move what you don't know about. Database security, out of the box Oracle is not security ready. Implementing DISA STIGS(Security Technical Implementation Guide) can be painful especially if you haven't been through it before. Going to have an audit of your IT environment? A person with experience and technical ability can get you through an audit. Do your users come from managed networks that are not under your control? Do you need to come up with effective strategies for getting your application on this managed network.