10 Mistakes to Avoid Make When Migrating to the Cloud

April 9, 2015 Off By David
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Grazed from eWeek. Author: Chris Preimesberger.

In only a handful of years, cloud computing has transformed the way many enterprises do business. However, according to Verizon’s 2014 Enterprise Cloud Report, about a third of all organizations still haven’t made a move to using any cloud services. For the others who have invested in cloud computing, the journey was likely a bumpy ride—especially if the migration was their first.

Given that cloud isn’t going away, developing a seamless migration path to the technology can help IT minimize mistakes and, more importantly, attain objectives. However, if enterprises think all their data management and IT issues will be resolved with a move to the cloud, they’d better think again. Cloud hype is as rich in misnomers and falsehoods as it is in promising value and efficiency…

In this slide show, based on eWEEK reporting and input from Sabrinath Rao, senior director and head of the Cloud Ops and Orchestration Business Unit at CommVault, we highlight some common mistakes when moving to the cloud and ways to avoid them…

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