{"id":5791,"date":"2023-09-28T08:26:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moveapps.cl\/blog\/migrating-to-the-cloud-why-how-and-when-does-it-make-sense\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T09:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:28:29","slug":"migrating-to-the-cloud-why-how-and-when-does-it-make-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moveapps.cl\/en\/blog\/migrating-to-the-cloud-why-how-and-when-does-it-make-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating to the cloud: Why, how, and when does it make sense?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are three key steps for successful cloud migration:<\/p>\n

1: Identifying the right workloads for SaaS migration<\/h2>\n

The first thing to consider is the importance of each application. Critical applications support the company’s revenue and profits and differentiate core capabilities and competencies from the competition.<\/p>\n

Applications like email and HR and finance systems are not critical to public cloud infrastructure and platform services, but many companies migrate them to Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms.<\/p>\n

The three main drivers for SaaS migration are increased functionality, ease of use, and a more robust user interface.<\/p>\n

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2: Aligning the outcomes of the cloud initiative with the organization’s objectives<\/h2>\n

When using public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS), it means you don’t own the assets being used, which is quite different from on-premises data centers where hardware and system software are capital expenditures. This changes the type of expenditure from capital expenditure (capex) to operational expenditure (opex).<\/p>\n

Effectively advocating for a cloud migration project largely depends on citing the right justifications. To do this, it’s important to identify what impact you want to have, in terms of culture and priorities, within the teams:<\/p>\n