Decisions, decisions: Choosing a cloud migration tool

January 22, 2016 Off By David

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Kristin Knapp.

Hoping to reap benefits such as greater flexibility, cost-efficiency and scale, organizations of all sizes are migrating applications to the cloud – but many times, they can’t go at it alone. Fortunately, there are a range of cloud provider and third-party tools designed to help organizations migrate applications to the cloud, and then manage and optimize those apps post-migration. In some cases, these tools also help organizations track their cloud computing resources, costs and performance.

For many IT pros, cloud migration tools are a saving grace – and it seems more organizations are choosing to adopt them. According to research group IDC, the worldwide cloud systems management software market is expected to exceed $8 billion by 2019. Tools for cloud performance and event management — including those that provide monitoring and resource optimization capabilities — represent the fastest-growing segment of that market…

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