Current EMA research shows that more than 40% of today’s production application workloads are running in the cloud. The age of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud is here to stay. And yet many IT organizations continue to struggle with their cloud migrations. Join us for an on-demand EMA analyst webinar, “Cloud Migration Checklist: A Better Way…
While the technology industry has become consumed with the idea of “the journey to the cloud,” the realities underlying actual cloud migrations often get lost in industry hype and wishful thinking. The truth is that public and even private cloud options don’t represent the endpoint of a ‘journey’ so much as a series of vital…
If, like many others, your organization is currently moving its IT estates to the cloud, no doubt you’re looking forward to major cost savings and other benefits. However, success in achieving these benefits has some critical dependencies, the first of which is your ability to get an accurate, “deep dive” understanding of your organization’s existing…
In my last post, I sketched out the case for investing in detailed planning before moving an estate to the cloud. This time I’d like to focus on the first step of that planning: answering the “What have we got?” question. To build a thorough understanding of your starting point, you need to gather accurate…
You can find many articles on cloud computing on the web — the why’s and wherefores, the dos and don’ts — but what motivates companies to start using public clouds for compute services? This blog explores the pros and cons of cloud computing as shared to us by our customers. Cost This is often cited…
In the previous cloud migration planning and cost optimization series post, we described how to build a picture of the as-is IT estate, and of how it is used and performs. However, as you prepare to migrate, it would be wrong to assume that you need to reproduce this picture. Instead, look for opportunities to…
If you’ve been following the advice offered in this blog series so far, you’ll have built up an accurate picture of your as-is IT estate, amended it to exploit any opportunities for rationalization, and pinpointed any applications that need to remain on-premise. Armed with this clear statement of your requirements, you’re now in a position…
Two major sporting events took place last weekend – Super Bowl LIII (Patriots vs. Rams) and the 6 Nations Rugby (specifically Ireland vs. England). Several thoughts came to mind when watching them, but for me as a CEO, the most important was that if you have the right strategy, complete focus to deliver, and the…
Welcome back to our blog series about how to plan a cloud migration and optimize the costs. We’re suggesting some questions that companies should ask themselves in order to avoid the pitfalls that can stop you reaping the expected benefits. Remember, a North American study1 by Softchoice found that 57% of IT leaders have exceeded…
Years ago, when I was a young Sales Manager with Cadence Design Systems we cooked up the idea of subscription software vs. perpetual ownership, this was a way to reduce cost and allow our customers more flexibility. Back in those days, clouds were just puffy white masses of water vapor floating around in the sky….
If you’ve carefully worked through the questions discussed in earlier posts, your company should enjoy a smooth cloud migration. But once you’re successfully running in the cloud, it’s important to keep verifying that value is being delivered as you’re managing your cloud environment. This is mainly a question of revisiting questions 1 and 2 to…
As we saw in the previous post about continuing to deliver value, cloud migration is not a one-time project – there are still significant challenges to deal with after you’ve made the move. Above all, it’s important to keep the costs under control. Failure to do so has left many companies disappointed with their cloud…
