Plan
This is a crucial stage in which the final decision of moving towards the cloud platform is made. The key questions to be kept in mind before architecting a strategy for cloud selection and adoption are as follows:
- With huge investments already made in the database creation, hardware, software licenses and upgrades and etc., is it wise to migrate organization’s applications to a cloud vendor OR is it advisable to have an internal private cloud?
- What are the applications best suited to be migrated and are there any risks associated with migrating them?
- Instead of utilizing in-house resources, will it be more expedient to hook up with a cloud vendor? Or would the freedom of shifting to other cloud vendor be still open in case of unsatisfactory services?
- Will business or IT teams be convinced and comfortable for the changes?
Answers to above questions may vary across organizations. In case of a start-up organization (which may lack sound financial strength to set up a dedicated IT environment to run its business) it is prudent to start operations on a cloud and consult the vendor to build cloud skills over a period of time.
A large organization (spread across the globe with a complex organization hierarchy) may not wish to swear by the cloud, due to fear of security breaches. On the other hand, it may look out for leveraging a private cloud to have a secured cloud environment.
Establish
This stage ensures smooth functioning and optimum utilisation of the cloud space. To strengthen the cloud culture in the organization, training sessions may be conducted for the end users which can help them yield extra benefits from the cloud.
Depending on the kind of cloud service delivery model adopted, the roles and responsibilities for running the cloud should be clearly defined between the consumer and the provider of the cloud.
Strengthen
This stage is an on-going process to continuously improve, strengthen and sustain the established organizational cloud space. This should be done through meeting and improvingSLA agreements, open avenues and availability to
business and restructuring the cloud at a defined period of time.
To improvise upon the cloud performance, a benchmarking assessment should be done to assess the overall cloud performance. The performance can be indicated by certain parameters like Service Level Agreements, key performance indicators, maturity level of cloud services offered based on the industry benchmarks, comparative studies on current cloud offerings across the organization as per the industry norms, unit cost incurred on providing cloud services.
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