Before the Cloud was generally available, most mid-sized and large companies had to carry the burden of all their technology. That meant hosting servers in private, mini data centers onsite or in offsite, colocation centers. Either way, the burden of hardware, firmware, Operating Systems, Databases and everything else would fall on the company.

The Cloud Revolution changed all of that. For a nominal fee, any company, large or small, has the full power of a state-of-the-art data center at their fingertips. This all without having to provision, manage or maintain anything but the software/application layer.

In order to successfully migrate existing software and/or systems, or to start fresh with a new Cloud solution, careful planning and deep knowledge of the Cloud ecosystem is necessary. The various factors involved include:

• Cloud Provider
• Cost Determination
• Databases
• Serverless or Hosted Instance
• Connectivity
• DevOps Plan
• Organizational Structure
• User Security
• Infrastructure Reporting & Monitoring
• Scalability & Maintainability

Considering all these factors will lead to a successful Cloud environment.