This document discusses foundational strategies for getting data to the cloud in a trusted manner. It emphasizes that trusted data requires visibility into all data, real-time data sharing across on-premises and cloud environments, and removing data silos. A strong data integration foundation enables centralized analytics, data discovery, data democratization with governance, and next-gen projects like AI/ML. Successful data integration requires understanding architectures, extracting the right legacy data, and scaling delivery as data volumes increase across cloud environments.