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5 QUESTIONS TO ASK
BEFORE CHARTING YOUR
COMPANY'S FUTURE IN
THE CLOUD
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What are the steps to take before I begin Keep an eye out for other key
cloud migration? factors that can greatly impact
migration time and costs —
Successful cloud migrations require time and resources: for such as customizations made to
most organizations, the first battle is fought in the decision to legacy systems and information
embrace the cloud. Making this leap is a costly and architecture.
time-consuming process for today’s IT leaders. According to 2017
AvePoint report “Migrate, Manage, Protect”, nearly half of
organizations that migrated to the cloud took three to six
months to do so and 65% invested more than $50,000 on the
project. To avoid lengthy timelines and surprises like hidden
costs, take an inventory of all your data and interview primary
stakeholders or content owners. Third-party tools can help
organizations grasp how much data they have, but also keep an
eye out for other key factors that can greatly impact migration
time and costs — such as customizations made to legacy
systems and information architecture.
We find that many early cloud projects gravitate toward net new
development using cloud-native capabilities, but in a large legacy
migration scenario where the organization is looking to scale its
migration quickly to meet a business case, we find that the
majority of applications are rehosted. Re-imagining how the
application is architected and developed, typically using
cloud-native features. This is typically driven by a strong business
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