Week 8 - Best Practices when implementing a Cloud

According to Stephen Orban of Amazon Web Services, these are best practices to follow when planning a cloud migration. Today, we'll discuss about before migration.

1.    IT and business should have a well-defined vision of how they will work together and both will know why moving to the cloud is important.

2.    You will need a Cloud Governance Model. This defines roles and responsibilities of employees. It will also define security procedures.

3.    Have employees trained at the beginning of the process. This way they are knowledgeable about what will happen and how things will work.

4.    You will want to get your processes and procedures with using the cloud throughout your company set up as much ahead of time as possible before you move to the cloud. They will probably need to be tweaked once you have moved, but get a good start on them.
5.  Do a full inventory of all your IT infrastructure. This will allow you to understand what you have moved to the cloud and how much of a savings it will be.
6.  Select the best vendor for your cloud migration. Not all vendors offer the same products and services. Make sure to do your homework and compare 2-3 different Cloud Service Providers.

Next week, we will address the migration and post-migration stages.

https://medium.com/aws-enterprise-collection/21-best-practices-for-your-cloud-migration-e406546cb66b#.drbhmg427