The Need to Migrate Workloads to the Cloud
Before you can learn about the steps required to undertake a successful cloud migration, you first need to have a clear understanding of some of the common factors that drive a move to the cloud:
- Cost reduction: Perhaps the most common driver for many large organizations, cost reduction can be viewed from two perspectives: first, reduction in operational costs from operating legacy and aging data centers or a reduction of infrastructure costs incurred due to large investments made in acquiring data center equipment such as servers, storage, and network; second, specialized or proprietary software that involves complex license agreements and upfront investments. The cloud can prove to be a major factor in reducing overall costs incurred by organizations as, unlike traditional infrastructure that you need to procure in advance and also operate and maintain, the virtualized infrastructure provided by the cloud can be obtained in an on...
