Understand, plan and prepare to drive cloud success
While cloud uptake is increasing, many companies are still struggling with their strategies, because they get caught up in the hype, rather than crafting an effective strategy, says Andrew Cruise, Managing Director of Routed, a local VMware Cloud Verified provider and VMware Principal Partner.
There can be little doubt that the cloud is the platform fuelling the digital transformation of enterprises. However, despite this fact, many CIOs have fumbled their strategies, because succeeding in implementing cloud remains a complex undertaking.
There are several drivers for cloud’s increasing uptake, including the increased efficiency and flexibility it offers with regard to managing and developing business processes. While older organisations are undertaking digital transformation projects, newer businesses aim to be cloud-native, kick-starting their businesses in the cloud from the outset.
However, getting the cloud journey right the first time can be tricky, since many don’t know how to blueprint for success, and end up making basic mistakes when they should know better. There are, nonetheless, certain tips that should help CIOs reduce frustration and avoid failure.
The first thing to note though, is that regardless of what you have been told, cloud is not some kind of silver bullet that offers the answer to everything. In addition, remember that the archetypal hybrid or multi-cloud concept has become needlessly complicated by a wide range of definitions.
