4-1 Simplifying Cloud Migration: Your Guide to Cloud Readiness

Cloud Readiness Assessment

A process to determine an organization's system capabilities and readiness to migrate to the cloud.

Infrastructure Assessment

An evaluation of the existing IT infrastructure to identify gaps and readiness for cloud migration.

Application Landscape Discovery

Identifying and categorizing all applications that may be impacted by the migration to the cloud.

Security and Compliance Requirements

The necessary regulations and standards that must be met when migrating to the cloud.

Lift and Shift

A migration strategy where existing applications are moved without altering their architecture or code.

Big Bang Approach

A cloud migration strategy that involves migrating all systems at once, switching from one environment to another immediately.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

An estimation of the total costs involved in cloud migration and the ongoing operations in the cloud.

Dependency Map

A visual representation that categorizes applications and systems by their priority and complexity for migration.

Disaster Recovery Plan

A strategy to ensure data and application backups are in place to handle unforeseen issues during migration.

Business Objectives for Cloud Migration

Clear goals and desired outcomes that should align with stakeholder expectations during the cloud migration process.

Cloud Readiness Assessment Plan Checklist

• Define business objectives for cloud migration and desired outcomes  

• Evaluate workloads

• Assess infrastructure and security requirements  

• Define technologies to be used and check if you have the right people   

• Establish cloud operating model  

• Make inventory and gap analysis of current IT infrastructure   

• Run time & budget estimation   

• Choose the right migration strategy {“lift & shift” or “big bang”}  

• Draw a dependency map  

• Run tests