How to Execute a Successful Migration to the Cloud

For companies across all industries, migrating their enterprise infrastructure to the cloud is crucial to being a frontrunner the ever-changing market. The benefits of utilizing enterprise applications on the cloud are numerous:

While the benefits are certainly attractive to many business owners and stakeholders, a large and potentially tenuous hurdle stands in the way: migration. Migration refers to the processes that occur when you are transferring your current set-up to the new cloud environment. Much as can be expected for any sort of migration, this has the potential to greatly disrupt the flow of productivity if not approached or deployed correctly.

Migration oftentimes becomes an issue because it is not a concern that is at the forefront of moving enterprise applications to the cloud, unlike security. Some of the top reasons for unsuccessful migrations can include:

While this task can certainly be conducted by an internal team who knows your business structure best, it’s equally important to get feedback and guidance from a knowledgeable cloud service provider to ensure that the most effective cloud environment is chosen based on current and future needs.

There are a few different cloud structures to consider for your post-migration environment, including:

Once you have chosen the best fit for your new enterprise cloud environment, your next step is to create a plan of action to implement it. One of the most crucial steps is to ensure that all parties are privy to the migration, on board, and ready to do what is necessary on their end to ensure its success. This will help to ensure a smooth (and quick) transition that will get you fully migrated sooner.

While it is indeed possible to create and implement a plan through your internal team alone, more and more enterprises are finding benefits from a cost and timing perspective by partnering up with an experienced cloud service provider that has extensive knowledge of all steps of a migration process for both hybrid cloud, public cloud and private cloud options.

When choosing a partner, be sure to assess their case study history to see if any of their previous client situations are similar to your endeavors. Providers that have a wide variety of experience with different industries typically will be able to anticipate and address hurdles more quickly.

The faster and more efficient the migration, the faster you can realize savings and other benefits of operating through the cloud. However, don’t sacrifice rigorous testing and planning to simply roll out your new environment quickly, or you may cause more issues than you began with.

Moving your current enterprise infrastructure to the cloud is a smart move, and it’s never too late to reap the benefits of doing so. However, you must be diligent about creating and deploying a solid migration plan.

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