Identifying business objectives for your migration to the cloud
Cloud migration strategies can only be devised once you understand why you are moving to the cloud. Here are some of the most common reasons companies move to the cloud:
- To avoid maintenance costs of data centers
- To have enhanced scalability
- To improve resilience with higher capabilities
- To enhance remote collaboration among teams
To ensure that all team members understand the purpose of the business, it is also important to gain agreement on the business objectives. Identifying what to move to the cloud will be much easier once you understand the business rationale behind switching. A migration journey involves lots of decisions, including planning a migration strategy, choosing a CSP selecting a deployment model, and so forth. The only way to make the right decisions along the way is to have well-defined and realistic goals.
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