Enterprise Cloud Strategy

Why do you think you need the cloud?

Cloud migration is a big step for any organization, and potentially, a very smart fiscal decision. But, there are a whole lot of questions that need to be answered as you begin to think about migration, specifically:

Are you making the move for server virtualization, disaster recovery, business continuity, storage, etc.? Don’t just take on a migration because it’s what everyone else seems to be doing. It’s vital that you understand which of your workflows, applications and data are right for the cloud and exactly how much your organization would benefit from it. Then address the following questions.

What type of migration makes the most sense for your organization?

1. What type of migration makes the most sense for your organization?

   • Staged Migration – This requires moving single departments and services over, one at a time – to keep day-to-day business as close to as-is as possible during the migration.
   • Forklift Migration – This requires temporarily cutting out service during the migration process. It’s the quickest and least expensive option, but the scariest for most companies to take on because of that period of downtime.
   • Phased Migration – This requires simultaneously running redundant systems during the physical transition. This is likely the most costly option, but for a company that demands no service interruptions, it may be an essential choice.

2. What are you going to be migrating?

   From servers to networking, storage, replication and recovery services, licenses and more, it’s essential that you think through exactly what parts of your infrastructure are going to be a part of your cloud, and whether or not you want to own, rent or buy these capabilities.

3. How do you put together the right migration plan for your organization?

   There’s a different “right” migration plan for every business. But, it’s probably going to be more work than you think. Let Latisys put together a Migration Portability Matrix for you, grading every IT aspect of your business in terms of portability from a cost-benefit standpoint – and determining what parts of your infrastructure make the most sense in the cloud.

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You probably have more questions. Call our team of enterprise cloud hosting and migration experts at 866-956-9594 and we would be more than happy to answer them.

We can also assess your current IT infrastructure and examine your requirements relative to security, performance, management, governance, compliance and cost – and present you with a streamlined Enterprise Cloud Migration Plan that ensures your business is optimized for strategic IT growth moving forward.

Once it is clear what applications you will be migrating, we will then run you through the qualification process we put everyone through for our Enterprise Cloud, and then recommend a configuration to start with.