Cloud Solutions, migration to Cloud, IaaS – we hear these buzz words quite a lot these days. Cloud is not new. Then why suddenly migration to Cloud has acquired a new interest?
Pandemic has forced nearly every business to opt for WFH. Every business has had to develop new and novel ways to pivot their business. Cloud Solutions is a way business can survive and thrive. How? This article presents Cloud and migration to Cloud in simple terms. Disclaimer: This is not an exhaustive information on Cloud or migration to Cloud.
What is Migration to Cloud
Every organization has data, business applications, IT resources and such other digital assets. Cloud migration is the process of shifting these digital assets from old infrastructure to cloud infrastructure. Old infrastructure could be legacy infrastructure or an on-premise data centre.
Players in the field
AWS, Microsoft and Google are the big three in the IaaS space. AWS got the head start and hence leads the way. However, others have also joined the bandwagon of providing Cloud Solutions.
How to migrate to Cloud?
First and foremost, get in touch with your System Integrator. They already know your organization and are in a position to provide the optimised solutions for your organization.
Plan and formulate a strategy: Cloud is technology that must help your business. You have to align your business needs and aims to the Cloud technology. You and your team must sit and figure out which applications will go with Cloud. There may be applications that need redesigning. Basically, plan and work out the nitty-gritty of the migration process.
Process of migration: It is important to ensure data security during migration process. Also, business operations must continue without interruption.
Train your employees: Finally, train your employees. Plan and organise awareness and training sessions for all the employees.
Who needs to migrate to Cloud
Every business organization needs to migrate to Cloud today. The benefits far outweigh any other consideration. So, is it only for the big organizations?
SMEs and Cloud migration
My company size is small. Can my organization also migrate to Cloud? How expensive is it? This is a myth that a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) cannot migrate to Cloud. Cloud is nothing but Infrastructure-as-a-Service and hence based on pay-as-you-use model. You can, therefore, look at it as an investment. It will give you multiple benefits.
Great benefits of Cloud
There are many benefits of Cloud. We find these four benefits most attractive.
- Business speed: Cloud gives access to limitless computer resources. Your business process becomes swift and speedy.
- Cost effective: Return on Investment (RoI) simply outstrip the initial investment. Pay-as-you-use feature makes it cost-attractive. With improved IT processes, operations cost reduces.
- Business resilience: Work from anywhere. Access your data from anywhere. Safely. Increased storage and scalability give that resilient edge to your business.
- Better productivity: Cloud gives flexibility of business operations. Better and efficient collaboration amongst employees.
Cloud technology is moving onwards and upwards. With pandemic the speed of this onward movement has only increased. Migration to Cloud is no more an “if” or even a “when”, rather it is a “now”. Every business that uses internet and has a sizable data on its servers, must think of migrating to Cloud.