There are a number of compelling use cases prompting businesses to move their workload and applications into the cloud, including lanching new products, the desire to serve new markets, maintaining the latest technology refreshes or retiring old hardware. Most successful cloud migration strategies include a thoughtful game plan for migration and governance. Here are a few tips to remember when making the move.

1. Align your business goals and processes with your technology infrastructure. Don’t attempt to shoehorn your existing IT strategy into the cloud. And it could result in a disaster. Business leaders must anticipate business requirements in advance and adjust the migration strategy accordingly. Then, carefully oversee the entire process – from data backup to security planning, make sure all hands are on deck.

2. Know the details. All of them. Do you and your stakeholders understand the nuances that could impact their critical operations?

3. Find good partners.

4. Establish plans for both short-term and long-term implementation.

5. Test, test and test again.

6. Know your Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

7. Go live. Then keep testing and ask for continuous feedback.

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