Business and IT leaders worldwide are switching to flexible, scalable, and affordable computing capacity in the cloud to replace legacy, on-premises systems. There are several solid arguments for moving to the cloud, from lowering IT expenses to speeding up innovation. However, without a solid plan and cloud expertise, making the transition is challenging.
Here, we list the top eight factors that influence an organization's decision to switch to a cloud platform, including:
- Lowering IT expenses
- The improvement of business agility
- Enhancing Safety
- Putting an end to anxieties about death
- Combining data center facilities
- Facilitating the digital transformation
- Quickening growth
- Using new technology
Increase Growth
When it comes to organizational growth, whether it be through organic expansion or mergers and acquisitions, technology is more crucial than ever. Cloud-based businesses can more readily incorporate recent acquisitions into their current platforms. Utilizing auto-scaling capabilities and adaptable data management services, they can also scale quickly to meet demand
Enhance Security
Security will remain a primary topic of concern moving ahead. Organizations may safeguard
their apps from harmful hacking attempts and update IT infrastructure in accordance with best practices by moving to the cloud.
One issue to bear in mind is that many CEOs incorrectly believe that enterprises are secure
because of the cloud. In actuality, the cloud gives organizations the ability to choose the
security, governance, and compliance boundaries that they require for their specific operations
Eliminate worries about death
The choice to migrate to the cloud is impacted by end-of-life dates for important hardware and software for many enterprises. Today's IT executives no longer want to cope with strict licensing requirements and lengthy contracts.
Thankfully, the cloud gets around this problem. Because they can pay as they go for essential cloud capabilities and take advantage of updates as they become available, organizations don't have to worry about application life cycles or contract terms. Without entering into any rigid, lengthy contracts, businesses can immediately use the newest technologies
Lower IT Costs
The need to save money on IT infrastructure is one of the most prevalent reasons why
businesses migrate to the cloud. IT managers may right-size computing resources in the cloud to meet specific business needs and reduce excessive spending. Instead of estimating capacity requirements in advance, firms may make adjustments immediately and get rid of extra hardware or rigid on-premises assets
Streamline Data Centers
Companies no longer have to run their own on-premises data centers thanks to the potential of cloud computing. IT managers can delegate backend tasks to independent cloud service providers and reallocate personnel to higher-value tasks. In order to increase corporate efficiency, organizations can also combine operations and provide access to cloud services as needed
Boost your business agility
In the contemporary, global economy, business adaptability is essential. Having access to
adaptable, on-demand IT resources is essential for staying ahead of rival businesses and
quickly evolving market conditions. Over 99% of everything you require is on demand in the
cloud. The installation and delivery of hardware components don't have to wait weeks or months for businesses. Instead, they can swiftly enter the market by leasing essential capabilities straight from cloud providers
Facilitating digital transformation
Many businesses are pursuing digital transformation to extract more value from their current assets. Recent developments in cloud computing have made it possible for leaders to digitize more key functions, like CRM, SAP, data analytics, and others.
In comparison to their competitors, those who move away from legacy systems can boost the productivity of their workforces, innovate, and open up new revenue streams. The opportunities are essentially limitless once you're in the cloud.
Utilize modern technology
Last but not least, moving to the cloud opens up a lot of avenues for utilizing contemporary
technologies. Organizations that relocate, for instance, can benefit from machine learning and artificial intelligence, which aren't practical on-premises. Additionally, they can quickly spin up extremely complex cloud-native technologies like data lakes and Kubernetes containers
Program for migration Speedup
Thankfully, Netframe could migrate your infrastructure to one of the top cloud computing
platforms, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Netframe use the AWS Migration Acceleration
Program (MAP), which comprises three phases:
Phase of the Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA)
Phase of Migration Readiness and Planning (MRP)
The Phase of Migratio
During the MRA phase, your team mulls over significant issues like:
Is your company set up to work in the cloud?
What should you do to prepare if not?
What is the business justification for using the cloud?
What financial effects would shift IT infrastructure to the cloud have?
You require clarity in each of these areas before proceeding with any migration. If not done
correctly, cloud migrations can be time-consuming and difficult, so you shouldn't begin too soon. It's time to mobilize once you've decided that there is a strong business case for migration. You create a roadmap for the applications and workloads you intend to shift to the cloud during the MRP phase. As you gain more knowledge about what is feasible, you also address any planning gaps and improve your business case.
During the migration process, you carefully remove your legacy IT infrastructure while following your roadmap. It often makes sense to upgrade applications as part of the process so that they are cloud-ready.
Cloud Migration with Netframe
Through the MAP program, Netframe has assisted numerous firms in successfully migrating to AWS over the years.
A gaming business that was outgrowing its on-premises IT infrastructure was one that we
recently worked with. To improve the end-user experience, Netframe assisted the AWS
migration effort and added DevOps automation.
Another healthcare client was assisted by our cloud migration specialists in creating a
HIPAA-compliant AWS environment and moving its primary SaaS application to the cloud. We oversaw the cloud conversion, created the automation tools, created the infrastructure, and established a fresh pipeline for deployments.
Dmytro Protsenko , CEO at Netframe.
