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Challenges of the Cloud Migration Journey

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CloudHealth by VMware
CloudHealth by VMware

Cloud adoption continues to gain momentum, but organizations are finding limited success in their cloud migrations to date. The reason? Poor organizational planning and inaccurate cost estimates during discovery and planning can stymie success before the migration even begins. Organizations must re-evaluate what they are doing before they begin their migration, or success may prove elusive during it. This CloudHealth Technologies-commissioned profile of US IT decision makers at firms that are currently migrating or have migrated workloads to public cloud platforms investigates common strategies and challenges associated with public cloud migration in order to identify what organizations can do during discovery and planning to ensure a successful migration. Read the full report here: http://go.cloudhealthtech.com/17q2_wp_due-diligence-cornerstone-public-cloud-migration-success.html

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Challenges of the A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of CloudHealth Technologies surveyed 108 IT decision makers in the U.S. at firms that are currently migrating or have migrated workloads to public cloud (IaaS). An independent research firm found due diligence in the discovery and planning phases is critical to ensure a successful migration. BEFORE:Discovery/Planning DURING:Executing on Plan AFTER:Evaluating Results --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- said identifying best fit workloads for public cloud infrastructure was important or very important 90% 45% Lessons Learned 46% 37% COST was the biggest challenge during and after migration – both costs associated with migration as well as the unpredictability of cost post migration PROCESS – many security policies were established before cloud and will need to be adjusted in order to streamline cloud projects ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS – developers were overburdened with redesign efforts and existing staff did not have the skills sets to help said #1 migration challenge is COST CloudHealth helps plan successful cloud migrations, starting with careful planning and identification of workloads that are candidates for migration. Once migrated, CloudHealth makes cloud management easier by providing your organization with visibility, optimization, and governance. To learn more, visit www.cloudhealthtech.com. 43%43% 37%37% said #2 migration challenge is GETTING SECURITY APPROVAL 58% found that costs to run workloads on a public cloud were higher than their pre-migration estimate 77%77% said that the unpredictability of costs was their biggest challenge after their migration of organizations plan to invest in tools to increase performance visibility for their next migration of organizations plan to increase education of costs, risk, and benefits associated with cloud usage of organizations are currently migrating workloads to the public cloud Cloud Migration JourneyCloud Migration Journey

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Challenges of the Cloud Migration Journey

  • 1. Challenges of the A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of CloudHealth Technologies surveyed 108 IT decision makers in the U.S. at firms that are currently migrating or have migrated workloads to public cloud (IaaS). An independent research firm found due diligence in the discovery and planning phases is critical to ensure a successful migration. BEFORE:Discovery/Planning DURING:Executing on Plan AFTER:Evaluating Results --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- said identifying best fit workloads for public cloud infrastructure was important or very important 90% 45% Lessons Learned 46% 37% COST was the biggest challenge during and after migration – both costs associated with migration as well as the unpredictability of cost post migration PROCESS – many security policies were established before cloud and will need to be adjusted in order to streamline cloud projects ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS – developers were overburdened with redesign efforts and existing staff did not have the skills sets to help said #1 migration challenge is COST CloudHealth helps plan successful cloud migrations, starting with careful planning and identification of workloads that are candidates for migration. Once migrated, CloudHealth makes cloud management easier by providing your organization with visibility, optimization, and governance. To learn more, visit www.cloudhealthtech.com. 43%43% 37%37% said #2 migration challenge is GETTING SECURITY APPROVAL 58% found that costs to run workloads on a public cloud were higher than their pre-migration estimate 77%77% said that the unpredictability of costs was their biggest challenge after their migration of organizations plan to invest in tools to increase performance visibility for their next migration of organizations plan to increase education of costs, risk, and benefits associated with cloud usage of organizations are currently migrating workloads to the public cloud Cloud Migration JourneyCloud Migration Journey