There’s a lot of momentum among enterprises to shift workloads to the cloud, but as you shape your digital transformation strategy, you may get stuck in discussions about which cloud. You’ve contemplated all the benefits of public, private and hybrid cloud and you’re no closer to determining the right path.
There are a few key questions that can help you clear away some of the fog and make decisions that allow you to move forward with your transition to cloud solutions:
Do you work with regulated data? If you’re in healthcare or financial services, you’ll need to work within a private cloud environment for the best protection of that data. Optimizing security should be at the top of your priority list. It may be possible to shift some workloads to public cloud in order to optimize costs and agility, so a hybrid solution may be your best fit.
What role does reliability play in your organization? For each business process, it’s important to consider how much reliability you need. For instance, a call center is going to require a high level of reliability, so a private cloud solution might be best for communication software. If your company works with data transmissions that require a lot of bandwidth, such as large multi-media files, you may want to opt for private cloud solutions that can handle the bandwidth demand.
Do you need your technology to grow with you? If your organization is 500 employees or more, you may find that public cloud options are the most cost-effective. In addition, they are the most flexible with subscription pay models, which allow you to increase and decrease the number of users you have as needed.
How do you plan to connect to a cloud solution? Connectivity plays an important role in determining which kind of cloud solution will work best. If you have invested in or plan to invest in software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), this type of solution handles both public and private cloud connectivity, while business-grade DSL works well for connecting small businesses to public cloud solutions.
Which solutions are best for cloud migration? This question will help you come up with a few standard requirements for any workload that you’re moving to the cloud, and it will help you decide between public or private. A migration policy prevents managers from moving workloads to a public cloud that haven’t been signed off by IT, and it will also help shape your strategy.
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