Migrating Apps to the Cloud? Read This First.

Cloud computing environments are now a dominant feature of the IT landscape with organizations moving legacy on-premises applications to the cloud with ever-increasing regularity. But migrating an application to the cloud requires more than merely moving the application to a virtual machine at a cloud provider. Different organizations have disparate motivations for cloud migration, but there are key factors every ogranization should consider, and there are certainly best practices to help ensure a successful cloud migration effort. To gain the most benefits from cloud migration, plan ahead—both in the application architecture and the transition from on premises to cloud.