Top 10 Cloud Migration Mistakes to Avoid

1. Building Cloud Environments on a Shaky Foundation

Before any workload migrates to the cloud, it is vital to define the foundation for an organization and subsequent business units. Set up a secure and federated network topology and define the organizational structure and roles to make it easier to govern, manage and control moving forward.

Managing cloud deployments at scale are inherently complex and implementing logical hygiene allows for easier management and alignment with third-party solutions to help control your cloud environment. If organizations implement best practices from day one it is easier to maintain, but as the cloud estate grows, it becomes increasingly more difficult to backtrack and restore order.

2. Cost Reduction as the Primary Driver of Cloud Migration (instead of Focusing on Applications)

Focus on the Application The goal of the cloud is not merely to rehost applications. Organizations must be deliberate as to why each application should live in the cloud. The best cloud migration strategies start from the application down. It is critical to understand each application’s behavior, resource utilization patterns, dependencies, and requirements to inform the migration strategy. Organizations that are successful often start with simple applications, (for example web applications) with a simple topology where the dependencies and application tiers are well identified and documented.