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answering this question ask
yourself, what is my
business Cloud Migration
Strategy (CMS)? A well
thought-out plan is vital
when considering a move to
Cloud services. Your
business runs on information
at all levels and this has
to be safe and secure,
readily retrievable and
accessible, legally
compliant and maintainable.
When
considering what to move and
what not to move to The
Cloud you will need to
categorise your company’s
data, this is an essential
part of your Cloud Migration
Strategy (CMS). What do we
mean? Well, what data do you
want to keep on your
office-based hard drives and
why? Do you feel comfortable
when moving confidential or
business critical
information into The Cloud?
This is worthy of careful
forethought and
consideration as you will be
entrusting a Service
Provider with the life-blood
of your business, your
valuable data.
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Cloud Service Providers will emphasis the attraction of reducing your office-based equipment and software costs but have you compared all the elements and on-going costs of using Cloud services? For example: If your company needs to use an ‘out of tariff’ or bespoke service, how much will this cost to setup and run? What training do you need to provide to existing IT personnel? You have already invested in IT infrastructure, what elements do you retain and how do you decide the best model for your business and have you worked out all the end to end costs?
Cloud services offer real benefits such as collaborative working, unlimited storage, data security and reduced operating costs and so there are numerous initial decisions to make to get the best setup working for you. Chelsfield Consultants can help you devise your CMS and assist you with your step by step implementation, call us today for a chat.
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So how do you produce a workable Cloud Migration Strategy? (CMS)
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to Move: Upgrading
For data centric firms, a move to the cloud probably means your existing data network infrastructure will largely remain in place, at least until the upgrade has finished.
Generally the simplest approach is to systematically grow, along side the existing network, a new lighter weight cloud-connected infrastructure.
In all cases though the logistics need to be carefully planned. Just because some of your engineering infrastructure may be lighter it may not be faster although this will depend on the type and frequency of your traffic. A typical LAN will transfer data at 1Gbps and to match this across the network you will need to look carefully at all elements of your end to end connection.
The synchronisation of service providers with your schema is of particular importance. Every situation is different and has it's own challenges – Chelsfield Consultants can help. |
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