4.1. Awareness component
The expected benefits of adopting cloud computing service can be anticipated by prospective organizations. Logically, organizations may create their own wish list or expectations for the cloud computing service. An ideal cloud computing service should offer a client organization needed IT capability through on-demand and pay-per-use service from provider's provisioning of application software, platform, infrastructure, and data center, so the client company could focus on its core business strategies, such as innovation, economic of scale, competitiveness, and efficiency and effectiveness, just to name a few of them.
The prospective cloud computing adopters should understand the types of cloud computing (public, private, community, and hybrid) and then determine the one that may fit into their business environment. They should also understand the cloud computing service models, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), infrastructure-as-aservice (IaaS), and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Picking a suitable service model is essential since such cloud computing practice must meet organizational need and IT setting.