Cloud Migration Strategy: The Secret to Conquering Security and Cloud Spend

Un-clouding is a thing. While you might never have heard the term, the action is relatively common among companies moving applications to the cloud. As you might expect, to un-cloud (or de-cloud) means moving applications out of the cloud that you’d previously moved into the cloud. Why has this become a thing?

According to an IDG/Datalink survey from 2016, almost 40 percent of organizations have migrated systems back from the cloud, with 55 percent citing security and 52 percent citing cost as the drivers. A 2018 survey from RightScale indicates these two areas remain the top inhibitors for cloud adoption today.



So, what’s the secret to conquering security and cloud spend so you can avoid becoming an un-clouder? In short, three things: planning, education, and experience. They may seem obvious, but since these two challenges continue to plague cloud migration efforts, it warrants another whack or two at that dead horse.

The tools exist. Tools for planning and estimating cloud costs before going to the cloud, tools for managing costs once your workloads are in the cloud, and tools for security are plentiful and mature. Let’s look at some of them and how they can help.

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