Power your business with a successful migration to the cloud

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Power your business with a successful migration to the cloud


More than two decades ago, Steve Jobs said, "I don't need a hard disk in my computer if I can get to the server faster... carrying around these non-connected computers is byzantine by comparison."

The movement of applications and data in the most effective environment, keeping in mind the key elements such as cost, performance, and security, is the general goal of cloud migration.

According to Rackspace, 88% of companies save money when running services in the cloud.

Living in the middle of a global pandemic, the benefits of efficient, scalable, and flexible remote collaboration capabilities has been a boon for businesses who were ready. Those without a cloud-based environment have suffered a direct impact on top and bottom lines and struggled to survive.

Your cloud migration strategy has to be a well-organized, documented one with clear prioritization of migration tasks. Moving a predominantly on-premises business architecture to the cloud is a complicated exercise that merits a re-thinking about crucial business success factors before actual migration activities take off.

The need for migrating to the cloud
According to Gartner in 'CHOOSING A CLOUD MIGRATION STRATEGY' the requirement of migrating are
• Legacy Application Characteristics
• Modernization Requirement
•Cost Factor

These are the 5 Rs for the migration process mentioned below.
• Rebuild
• Replace
• Rearchitect
• Rehost
• Revise

Process for cloud migration
A recent CIO.com survey of 400 IT professionals found that most of them instructed the process of cloud migration, as mentioned below.

Assess
It is essential to assess the applications that can be transferred smoothly to the cloud. It is also the fact that some applications cause issues during the migration, and the team needs to be ready for a few tricky situations.

Pilot Testing
The application has to undergo testing before migration to the cloud. Security also has to be scrutinized during this process.

Initiate Migration
It is usually done by an employee who has moderate technical knowledge about cloud Migration. It is also the client's call based on the business.

Move Application
The application has to undergo testing to determine any problems in functioning post-migration to the cloud.

Optimize
This step saves bandwidth and storage.

Type of cloud management
There are three types of cloud migration.
1. SAAS (Software as a Services)
2. PASS (Platform as a service)
3. IAAS (Infrastructure as a service)

Benefits of a cloud migration
The above mentioned CIO.com survey also found that
• 34% of employees believe there is improved system ability
• 24% of employees accept applications have undergone modernization
• 31% surge in backup and disaster recovery
• 26% improvement in processing power
• 25% enhancement in competitive standing
• 25% improvement in maintenance and support

Decision making for cloud migration
The decisions base on:
• Track record
• Vendor trust
• Solution Architecture
• International and Industry expertise
• Solution Value

How can AssistNow help to support Workday® Migration for your business?
The advantages of the Finance and Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions from Workday® far outweigh other considerations when it comes to a cloud suite for your business. The Workday® cloud suite is the only true cloud-based system for finance, HR, planning, analytics, and so much more.

AssistNow founded to disrupt and redefine the Workday® support model by developing innovative products and services that put our client's success first.

We attract and employ top-notch professionals who can enable the highest level of value and customer service every day. Over the years, our team members have honed their talent, living through design, development, deployment, and maintenance of highly complex Workday® HCM and Financial Management systems. Call us today to discuss support requirements for your ongoing cloud business suite implementation with an independent Workday® consulting organization.

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