Cloud Migration is the process of moving different business elements, like data, processes, services, and applications from on-premise setup to cloud setup. It aids the organizations in being more efficient by optimizing the infrastructure and providing better customer services.
Expenditures and budgets earmarked globally for cloud adoption have seen an upward trend over the past few years. The year 2020 was an accelerant in increased cloud footprint due to the global pandemic.
As per the Gartner survey conducted in April 2021, millions of US Dollars are expected to be spent by organizations worldwide on cloud services.
Before embarking on the cloud migration journey, it is imperative to understand all possible roadblocks one may encounter and how to overcome them. You can read about those in detail in our blog “Top 5 Challenges in cloud migration”.
It is always a good idea to have a detailed roadmap in place for a successful migration process. This article talks about the key steps involved in cloud migration, addressing 4 major questions – Why, Who, What, and How.
Start by listing down the reasons for making the move, keeping in mind the business goals and what value cloud migration will add to the business. Analysis and introspection further help in formulating a solid migration plan.
Once the answers to these questions are in place, it is time to move on to the next level.
It is important to have a task team of experts – Migration architect, Subject matter expert, IT analyst, business analyst, vendor liaison, and manager. This team will be responsible for planning, executing, and monitoring the cloud migration process. Once the plan is in place, it should be communicated to all the stakeholders – technical and business.
The next step is to identify the right vendor based on the requirements identified by the migration team. Certain factors should be considered while choosing the vendor to maximize the benefits, like:
Not all applications and processes may be cloud-ready. Depending on the service provider’s infrastructure, some applications/processes may need minor changes or a complete revamp. It is vital to conduct a detailed analysis of what should be migrated to the cloud without affecting the operations. Conducting the following exercises to shortlist the components helps in formulating a robust strategy.
Deep (Re-architect): Sometimes, it becomes necessary to modify legacy applications to take maximum advantage of the cloud capabilities. In such scenarios, redesigning and coding the major components to align with the cloud needs to be done.
Shallow (Lift-and-shift or re-host): Organizations may choose to migrate their process/application as is or with minor tweaks in case their application is not dependent on specific cloud services.
Tracking and monitoring the pre-migration and post-migration performance and comparing them with baselines is immensely useful in measuring the success of migration and detecting issues if any.
Moving to the cloud is not difficult if done correctly by defining and following a proper cloud migration strategy. As mentioned above, it is extremely important to ensure that all cogwheels keep moving for an uninterrupted end-user experience. We at Webomates help organizations in realizing this dream by validating every step of migration.
Webomates CQ provides testing as a service(TaaS) that leverages test automation supplemented with AI capabilities to generate test cases that span multiple applications. Test case generation can be done within a matter of weeks. This saves a significant amount of customer’s time and efforts.
There is also a provision for rapid ramp up and ramp down of test cases as per the need.
We also provide service level guarantees for validation test suite execution. Our AI Defect Predictor ensures that no false positives are reported.
There might be scenarios when development is underway while a component is being migrated. Our validation suite intelligently adapts to incorporate the new/modified features and healed validation suites are executed and validated. This aids in maintaining the integrity of the application.
We have helped one of our prestigious clients in migrating to the cloud seamlessly saving thousands of man-hours.
We have helped one of our prestigious clients in migrating their operations to the cloud seamlessly saving thousands of man-hours. Read more about it by clicking here.
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