5 Tips to Ease Your Migration to the Cloud

The Cloud makes it easy to manage IT and expand your operations quickly, smoothly, and with click-of-the-mouse ease. But moving applications and workloads to the Cloud requires a well thought out plan to avoid unnecessary complexity, cost, and risk. Here are some tips to make the move a success…

Incremental Adoption – Moving to the Cloud need not be an “all or nothing” proposition. You may find that splitting your IT systems and applications between public Cloud, private Cloud and an on-premises data center is the best fit for your business.
Shared Obligations – Make sure the Cloud provider understands your obligations as well as its own obligations. Are you signing on for ad hoc or complete, end-to-end support?
Regulatory Compliance – Find a Cloud provider that can assist with measurement and reporting of metrics that apply to your business, such as SOC, ISO, HITRUST, PCI and HIPAA.
Business Continuity – Make sure your mission critical apps will reside in Cloud facilities that have faster performance, more reliable disaster recovery, and higher security than your own.
Team Skills – Moving to the Cloud doesn’t mean you can get along without IT expertise. Either your in-house IT team or your technology partner needs to be part of the migration process so they can help maintain the service levels your customers expect.

DataLink, your proven technology partner, can guide you to the best mix of IT services and solutions for your business. With DataLink, you’ll have more time to pursue strategic initiatives that really have an impact on your business, and you’ll enjoy peace of mind knowing that your IT is covered by experts you can trust.