The cloud migration process
Cloud migration is when an organization moves its data and services from its on-premises infrastructure to a cloud provider. With the rapid growth of the cloud market over the past 15 or 20 years, a large number of enterprises have engaged in the cloud migration process. But cloud migration isn’t simple, and it can be done incorrectly or ineffectively.
All enterprises must plan carefully in order to migrate to the cloud effectively. Depending on the situation and their needs, they may prefer to migrate to the cloud in stages over the course of months or years rather than do it all at once.
When planning a cloud migration strategy, organizations should understand the problems that can occur with cloud migration so that they can be avoided.
An enterprise’s services may experience downtime during the cloud migration process. Depending on how it migrates to the cloud, some of its servers may have to go completely offline for a period of...