Migrating to the cloud is one of the most important and consequential decisions any IT director can make for their firm. However, doing so will be a highly complex process, especially for larger enterprises.
These organizations may have a huge number of systems that could potentially be moved to the cloud. But understanding which to prioritize, which can be left until the company's cloud environment is more mature, and which should remain on premises can be a difficult task, and if you get this wrong, it could cost your company significant wasted time and effort.
Indeed, some estimates suggest as many as a third of cloud migrations are considered failures. So how should you go about ensuring this doesn't happen to you? The best solution is to develop a cloud decision framework that can be applied to every application that could potentially be moved to the cloud.
Without such a system in place, businesses won’t be able to consistently apply vital criteria to their cloud migrations to ensure any moves are aligned with their business objectives and are able to offer improved efficiency and a strong return on investment.