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Cloud Migration
Cloud migration - Benefit from the many advantages of cloud technology
When does cloud migration make sense?
When and for whom does cloud migration make sense? Cloud migration is a crucial step for companies that want to modernise their IT infrastructure and benefit from the numerous economic and technical advantages of cloud technology.
Cloud migration involves moving data, applications and other business elements from a local data centre to a cloud-based system. Find out below what services you can get from us for this and how a well-planned migration increases efficiency, reduces costs and creates the basis for innovation.
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Best practices for cloud migration
To make cloud migration efficient, organisations should follow best practices such as conducting a thorough upfront analysis, planning a phased migration, ensuring employee training and support, and continuous post-migration monitoring. A successful migration is not possible without carefully crafted best practices. Migration best practices should focus on the following topics:
- Define goals and requirements
Define clear goals for the migration and analyse what conditions need to be met. - Identify risks
Identify potential risks and develop a plan to minimise them. - Determine schedule and resources
Define the schedule and determine which resources are required for the migration. - Ensure security and compliance
Ensure that both security and compliance, i.e. adherence to regulations, are guaranteed.
Services with seven phases for a cloud migration
The services for a successful cloud migration include careful planning and execution in seven phases. After the migration, ongoing optimisation and management of the cloud resources are important.
Here are the seven phases for a migration. These phases may vary depending on an organisation's specific standards and goals, but generally include the following:
In this phase, objectives and requirements are defined and a migration strategy is drawn up..
Existing data and applications are analysed and suitable cloud services are selected.
The actual data transfer to the cloud is realised, whereby various tools and methods can be used.
If necessary, applications can be transferred to the cloud.
All transferred data and applications are tested and validated very carefully. After all, they should work as expected.
After the migration, the cloud infrastructure is fine-tuned to further optimise performance and scalability.
Finally, responsibility for the managed cloud services is handed over to the in-house team. The company team receives training for this.
Eight advantages of cloud migration
A cloud migration offers eight benefits, including scalability, flexibility and cost efficiency. Organisations can benefit from the high availability, disaster recovery and compliance of the cloud, while reducing operating costs as hardware investments are reduced. The cloud also enables improved collaboration and accessibility, as employees can access data and applications from anywhere in the world.
Learn more in detail about eight key benefits.
The opportunity to reduce costs and optimise resources is often one of the reasons for companies to migrate to the cloud. By moving data centres and IT infrastructure to the cloud, companies can make significant cost savings. Instead of investing in expensive hardware, maintenance and energy costs, they can switch to a pay-as-you-go concept and only pay for the services they use.
Companies are often faced with changing requirements, whether due to seasonal changes or unexpected growth phases. The cloud offers the ability to scale resources quickly and flexibly to meet these fluctuations. This means that companies no longer need to invest upfront as they can adapt their resources as required.
The business world is globally networked. This makes the cloud's ability to make data and IT applications available anywhere, regardless of location, without having to invest in expensive infrastructure, all the more important. It promotes collaboration and mobility among employees and facilitates access to new markets.
Cloud platforms include numerous innovative services and tools. By integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics, companies can identify new business opportunities and establish competitive advantages in the cloud.
Organizations that migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud are often more agile and responsive. They can deliver new services faster, better identify market trends, and respond more quickly to customer demands.
Cloud providers are investing significantly in redundancy and reliability. This ensures that data and applications in the cloud are typically highly available, and that recovery is immediate in the event of an unlikely failure.
The extensive security measures and privacy policies of cloud infrastructures meet the needs of customers. This is especially important in industries with strict legal requirements, such as healthcare or insurance.
However, the cloud not only offers advantages of a technological nature but can also be more environmentally friendly. By sharing servers, companies can reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to environmental protection.
However, the decision to move to the cloud should not be made hastily. Companies need to be clear about the specific needs of their business and develop a well-thought-out migration strategy.
What is a cloud migration?
What a cloud migration is is briefly explained here. A migration is the process of moving data, applications, and compute resources from one on-premises data centre to a cloud-based infrastructure, or from one cloud environment to another.
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