Posts Tagged ‘Cloud Migration’

“CIOs expect to shift 21% of their company’s applications to a public cloud this year, and 46% by 2020, according to a report by Morgan Stanley.” Intro Recently, I attended a webinar on “Cloud Migration”. It was a joint presentation by folks from AWS and Chef. It touched on two key areas – “migration to […]

Pete – “This year we have the budget to replace our existing data replication technology.” Harry – “Good to hear. Have you evaluated any tools or services?” Pete – “I recently attended an Amazon Web Services (AWS) seminar hosted by our cloud services team. They showcased many managed and core compute services. Harry – You […]

While cloud computing is an accepted strategy for most organizations, many have still not made the move due to the sheer number of applications and data that require migration. Additionally, there are more tools than ever that make the migration process possible, creating additional difficulties for platform selection. One of the leading cloud migration platforms […]

Research firm Gartner recently issued its Market Guide for Implementation and Migration Services — Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint and Skype Services. This guide is intended to help organizations select vendors to assist with complex migrations to Office 365 while decreasing risk. According to Gartner’s research, 86% of respondents said that they already have moved or […]

In Part 1 of How to Make the Move to the Cloud, I covered the first three of five steps to ensure a successful move to the cloud. Having assessed your current application footprint, secured both business and leadership sponsors and developed a migration plan, it’s time to engage with your implementation team and execute […]

Making the move to the cloud is not a small undertaking and it’s advisable that you plan ahead. Talk to your peers, research what other companies are doing, attend key conferences and read as much as you can on the topic. If you haven’t had a chance to read some of my earlier blog posts […]

It’s no surprise that to be successful at anything, you simply have to start. While this is easier said than done especially for large enterprise organizations, the goal of simply moving forward is sometimes enough for innovation. Cloud adoption fits this example perfectly. For many leaders, the journey into the cloud is confusing, while others slide […]

Several weeks ago, Perficient and IBM got together in Pittsburgh for the Hybrid Cloud Innovation Forum. Featuring our own Joel Thimsen, attendees experienced a lively discussion around the benefits of hybrid cloud for innovative organizations. Many attendees also learned about IBM Bluemix and it’s open source capabilities for enabling organizational innovation. Here are our top […]

Living in Atlanta, GA, I know a little bit of something about heat and humidity. When the pollen count is up and the temperature is registering 95°F in the shade, the last thing I want to be doing is mowing the grass. This wasn’t always the case; as a teenager, I earned spending money and later gas […]

Is it just me or does it seem like we’ve done this before? I began working with SharePoint with the release of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, lovingly (or not so lovingly) referred to as MOSS ’07, then came SharePoint Server 2010, and 2013, and now we’re at SharePoint 2016 and all feeling a little […]

Business optimization is all about making investments that will reduce costs while driving efficiency and productivity, and the cloud is a big part of that, because it enables organizations to move quickly and achieve more, while spending less. 42% of IT decision makers planned to increase spending on cloud computing this year, according to Computerworld. […]

For many professionals, the move from test to production can bring more than a few challenges. You might have a fully functional system on the Test instance, but migrating everything to Production requires a reliable process. Mazen Manasseh takes us through the essential steps for a successful business intelligence cloud service migration. BI Cloud Service […]