{"id":9423,"date":"2020-10-30T23:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T05:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2020-12-18T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T17:28:25","slug":"why-should-you-consider-migrating-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/why-should-you-consider-migrating-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should you Consider Migrating to the Cloud?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>THERE IS NO CLOUD ITS JUST SOMEONE ELSE\u2019S COMPUTER ON THE INTERNET.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"674\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Computing.mp3'>Cloud Computing<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Computing.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Cloud Computing\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Cloud Computing\\\".\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"Stephen Choo Quan\",\"album\":\"Design and Execute\",\"length_formatted\":\"4:20\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.designandexecute.com\/designs\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The notion that the Cloud is just your processing infrastructure and storage on someone else\u2019s computer is too simplistic and dismissive. The central premise you should consider is how to decouple infrastructure from Software.\u00a0 Cloud ramps up faster development while independently using elastic scaling for growth and slow periods, where you do not own the actual infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are a few dimensions that different practitioners consider when moving to the Cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ease<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Usage-based models so you can effortlessly scale up and down vertically or horizontally, out or in as needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speed<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, programmable infrastructure, deployment, and promotion of code.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Total Ownership Cost (TOC)<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0reduced as there is no infrastructure buy, build, and maintain. No financial\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">risk for server software upgrades, which are taken care of for you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hardware And Infrastructure Has No Business Value<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When we buy a desktop, laptop, or tablet, we plunk down an average of $1,000, but we have no value from the hardware purchased. Over time we will install Software and process\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">data to transform the data and deliver some value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cloud delivers immediate value for each dollar spent. Billing starts when you start processing data and getting value. Since we use pooled resources shared in siloed v<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">irtual machines, it becomes cheaper, more comfortable to operate, and faster to create the infrastructure and process the data in your desired timeframe with little investment in actual hardware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since many cloud providers\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">specialize in setting up self-service, secure federated data centers\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">with failover capability, then as a business, you can quickly inherit\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">industry best practices with the latest features, power, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">options. It provides the hardware to you and has accompanying Software\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">that helps to monitor and manage the hardware.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reduce Time to Market<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Security is job zero. You do not want to get this wrong. Cloud providers are licensed GDPR, HIPAA, ISO,\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and PCI compliant, to name a few, which makes Cloud relevant and better than on-premise, DIY counterparts. The time, money, and effort needed to meet these standards alone would be a big reason to go to the Cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a development business, you want to have an operating system with a complete development environment. Platform<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0as a service<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(PaaS) is the comprehensive platform for a specific development. The golden blueprint copy will have not only the operating system but the libraries for the development environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Traditionally we take months to get approvals, purchase, build out the infrastructure, and install the Software, but the Cloud spins this up within minutes. Cloud is more than just infrastructure as a service.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Virtual machines for servers, storage, and networking, designed to be elastic and geographic agnostic, can define infrastructure as a service (IaaS)<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0The infrastructure is real-time elastic to the demands of the user by volume and processing power. It is almost impossible to expand and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">contract on demand to business needs with on-premise infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Setting up your infrastructure is still your responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">FOCUS AND SPEED<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The great value comes in\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Software as a Service (<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SaaS),<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> where the application is deployed for everyone to use. The user pays to use the Software but does not own your Software and its maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A serverless computer does not mean there is no server. It is more about getting the cloud provider to manage the Software\u2019s installation and upgrades so you can focus on development and processing. It is an advanced form of platform as a <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">service, so you just run the code, and you are charged only for the computing time and memory used to the code run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The journey for many legacy on-premise companies might take you on a hybrid cloud. Hybrid Cloud is the interaction between the private On-premise (OP) and on-demand (OD) public Cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">COST CAN BE A FACTOR<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Be aware, do not \u201clift and shift\u201d to say you are cloud-based without changing your mindset to build cloud-native architected applications. You may <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">spend more money running inefficiently using resources and billing hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Consider comparing the following players AWS, Azure, Google, Alibaba. The second tier players of this writing are Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Salesforce.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Stephen Choo Quan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Thanks for reading and Sharing \u2764<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow me\u00a0On:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taylorchooquan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephen.chooquan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephenchooquan\/\">Linked in<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THERE IS NO CLOUD ITS JUST SOMEONE ELSE\u2019S COMPUTER ON THE INTERNET. The notion that the Cloud is just your processing infrastructure and storage on someone else\u2019s computer is too simplistic and dismissive. 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