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Cloud has become the main point of the IT industry agenda due to advances focused on a more holistic digital transformation that provides benefits to organizations.

Organizations seek benefits that include better system performance, lower software asset costs, expanded storage capacity and data backup, flexibility, and real-time reach.

However, realizing these benefits while migrating to the cloud is challenging, so you will need to have key strategies and processes in place for an effective cloud migration. 

Replatform.

The re-platform is similar to the previous one, but what is different is that companies will make minor adjustments to their on-premises business application to fine-tune and optimize performance once they choose to migrate to the cloud.

Organizations adopting this option are typically looking for performance and storage capacity to perform as required.

It is noteworthy that implementing this migration strategy does not provide all the benefits of an effective cloud migration.

Repurchase.

Buyback means buying back which involves moving the entire business application to a software as a service (SaaS) platform.

It is essential that organizations are familiar with the SaaS environment and trained to ensure efficiency and smooth operation; if you do not have this, your company's business operations may be affected.

withdrawn.

In this option you must put the magnifying glass to the application portfolio of your company. This requires that you know that outdated applications (or those suspected of a security breach) can be retired before your business applications migrate to the cloud.

Pay attention to this strategy as removing unnecessary modules saves costs during cloud migration.

Retention.

On retention, you'll need to keep an eye on regulatory compliance requirements because a company can't migrate its entire suite of business applications, in this process.

Please note that a portion of the business application will need to remain on your company's local hardware in order to fulfill one of the compliance requirements.

Those organizations that present this compliance situation can opt for a solution to the hybrid cloud.

Refactoring.

Refactoring is the rebuilding of your business application from its inception to where it is today.

Refactoring is a process of high purchasing value and requires investment of time because its process is slow.

Although this option has a very valuable advantage, which is that a company will be able to reap the benefits of cloud capabilities and computing efficiency that are not in the availability of the local hardware stack.

Using this migration strategy will enable your business application to use cloud computing technology more efficiently and accurately.

That said, after choosing a migration strategy based on your business requirements, you'll need to employ a process to cloud migration

Next, we will introduce you to the cloud migration process in just 7 steps.

Establish a team which will lead the cloud migration project.

In this step, it is important that the assigned team has the technical knowledge that will support them to help them monitor the migration process to the cloud.

It should be noted that, if your company does not have a migration architecture specialist, you should go to the migration specialist assigned by the provider or hire a company that specializes in cloud migration.

Choose a cloud solution.

Choosing a cloud solution correctly requires you to keep your company's mission, goals and objectives in mind.

On the other hand, a company has four different cloud solutions: private, public, hybrid and multicloud. What will determine this choice, though, is the level of your company's IT staff.

Types of cloud computing services:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): IaaS providers will take care of all hardware and companies will be responsible for all software, including the operating system.

Platform as a Service (PaaS): PaaS providers on this platform will take care of everything except the application and data.

Software as a Service (SaaS): SaaS providers will take care of the entire set of software, hardware, and network devices associated with the application.

For cloud computing services based on solution type, regulatory or compliance constraints, any organization looking to migrate will need to weigh the pros and cons of each cloud solution to meet unique requirements.

Set cloud KPIs.

Organize key performance indicators (KPIs).

To obtain the expected performance of the migrated applications and the performance of the selected cloud solution, apply KPIs as benchmarks to help you determine the performance of your entire system.

Prioritize critical applications.

It is important that you prioritize and identify what you will migrate first from your business application. To do this, it is recommended that you use subordination diagrams to establish which parts of an application will be migrated based on priority for execution.

This process is continuous until you migrate everything to your chosen business application.

5. Create a data migration plan

For the cloud migration process, you will need your business data to be available which will allow your business application to work and be accessible to customers.

For access to commercial data we have:

Two-way synchronization: In this process, during migration, business data is synchronized between cloud databases and on-premises databases.

One-way sync – This process syncs from the on-premises database to the cloud database in a one-time way, allowing clients to connect to the on-premises database.

See a specialist to help you decide on the best option.

6. Move everything to a cloud solution.

It's time to put your cloud-based business solution into production.

Going into production typically happens in two ways: one is to do it all at once, and the other is to do it step by step until all of your customers move completely to the cloud.

7. Check the functionality of the application.

After you have your business application moved to the cloud, choose to make sure it stays optimized. As support, review and visualize the established KPIs to obtain notable improvements.

On the other hand, make sure cloud services run low during slow periods and increase computing power during peak periods.

As you could see in the developed content there is a wide variety of migration tools and evaluation options, for this we offer you our free Assessment which can help you obtain the necessary answers of what your company needs to migrate to the cloud and generate the necessary savings.

At Licensing Assurance we keep up with the evolution of cloud service processes, always seeking to provide companies like yours with benefits that add greater value, with strategies according to the requirements of your organization.

Leave your migration to the cloud in the hands of the experts and eliminate the risks of a failed migration in the cloud environment.

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