How to Get Started in the Cloud
May 26, 2014
Grazed from SmartDataCollective. Author: Jon Smith.
Cloud computing has progressed from a niche buzzword to a business essential in recent years. But if you’re still lagging behind what’s the easiest way to get started? In this guide you’ll find some expert advice on taking your first steps to cloud migration.
Minimise risk by taking baby steps
Though you may be suitably seduced enough by the cloud to want to migrate in one fell swoop, experts advise a more graduated approach. First ask yourself ‘what should we put in the cloud?’ Your answer should be driven in the early stages by minimising risk. Doug Clark, IBM UK and Ireland cloud leader, advises firms to begin by migrating applications that are “relatively low risk and fairly generic”…
At this stage he advises against moving critical applications across. He explains: “Where are the core processes that are absolutely ‘family silver’ to me?” He said “really, really critical data” should be left in these early stages…
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