Jumping over the Cloud barriers

February 17, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from Gadget. Author: Editorial Staff.

A cloud-based IT delivery model can speed up application development and provide flexible environments to accommodate the dynamic and unpredictable needs of the organisation and its customers. As cloud services continue to evolve and become increasingly vital for success, it’s critical to understand the inhibitors that are leaving many unsure about how to jump into the cloud, including: managing complexity, creating or preserving IT agility, and maintaining control of valuable business data.

Complexity

Dealing with complexity is often a significant inhibitor for businesses that are considering incorporating public cloud into their IT environment. Companies often struggle with the idea of ‘How do I get started?’ Choosing from the variety of services offering different service levels, different virtualisation and compute platforms, and different data management frameworks can be a daunting task for any CIO’s team. In addition, many organisations are perplexed with how to manage elements of IT across a blend of private and public cloud resources, particularly the intricacies of managing data across disparate locations and platforms in a hybrid environment…

Developing a clear strategy, identifying which workloads can be moved off-premises and setting concrete performance requirements is a great way to begin identifying services and providers that can assist in this transition. It is also important for organisations to feel comfortable that once they take the leap, they have options to fine-tune and adjust…