The document provides guidance on safely migrating workloads to hybrid or public clouds. It recommends following a multi-phase plan and learning from examples of other companies that have successfully migrated from vendors like Cisco, HP, Dell, and VMware. Example migration steps and scenarios are outlined from Cisco, Hp, and Dell migrations involving Nexus switches, virtual connect, and moving workloads between data centers over stretched fabrics. Security best practices like consistent multilayer approaches are also advised to maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability.