Cloud Migration Means Teamwork: Everyone’s Involved

As organizations shift to hybrid- and multi-cloud environments, the scale and dynamic nature, not to mention the explosion of data they produce, make migration management increasingly complex. 

During this process, the IT operations team may struggle to monitor and manage cloud-based resource performance effectively. 

Olivier de Turckheim, solution architect at Cycloid, says that before anything happens, organizations need to run a comprehensive assessment of existing workflows, applications, and data structures to identify areas for optimization and improvement. 

“Workflows need to support team collaboration and therefore involve all teams,” he explains in an email interview. 

For example, governance can be supported by sending an approval request to a manager with the estimated cost of infrastructure, and upon approval, the deployment would automatically start. 

“Leadership teams need to foster a collaborative environment between teams, a strong strategy to migrate to cloud-native solutions, encouraging cloud-centric innovation and, most importantly, a true DevOps mentality,” de Turckheim says.  

IT Operations Takes the Lead  

Amir Khan, CEO of Alkira, says because cloud migration impacts various teams across an organization, the IT operations team will be shouldering the bulk of the responsibility of provisioning and managing resources in the cloud. 

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“With the rate at which things are evolving, this team will need to adapt to new tools and platforms compared to traditional on-premises infrastructure,” he explains in an email interview. 

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