How to Choose The Right Cloud
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This document outlines key considerations for businesses choosing a cloud service provider, including understanding business needs, compliance, and future requirements. It emphasizes the importance of evaluating costs, performance, support, and security, and provides a checklist of questions to ask potential providers. The goal is to ensure a successful and efficient migration to the cloud that meets the organization's specific needs.
How to Choose The Right Cloud
- 1. HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CLOUD FOR YOUR BUSINESS
- 2. KNOW YOUR BUSINESS AND ITS REQUIREMENTS Know your existing platforms Consider your compliance requirements Determine potential future needs Know your data, traffic and budget
- 3. KNOW WHY YOU’RE MOVING TO THE CLOUD IN THE FIRST PLACE Increased flexibility? Cost efficiency? Ability to react quickly to changes? Scalability? Testing and development opportunities?
- 4. CONSIDER ASSOCIATED COSTS AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS Downtime Pay-As-You-Go Maintenance Management Upgrades Energy Usage Internal Resources Space, Staffing, Support
- 5. MAKE A CHECKLIST OF WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR IN A PROVIDER Availability Support Performance Flexibility Security Cost Efficiency Business Continuity Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure
- 6. ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS WHEN LOOKING FOR A PROVIDER What cloud services do you provide? How does pricing work? How secure are your services? What is your customer support like? Does your cloud scale?
- 7. What is your downtime history? What is the set-up process like? How do I access my solution? What is the Service Level Agreement? Can you meet my compliance requirements?
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