To appreciate the importance and challenge of creating Well Architected landing zones, consider the analogy of a large group of people who decide, en masse, to resettle their community on another planet.
Cloud migration is more than just a technical change. It is a transformative process that moves beyond the traditionally accepted mindset of infrastructure as a physical asset.
Why do agencies want to move to the cloud in the first place? There’s a perfect storm environment that’s making migration happen.
A hybrid cloud is a good compromise for modern agencies, who are adapting to business needs and federal guidelines but need to practically consider workforce and security.
Ever since we heard the term “Cloud First”, we’ve been led to believe that cloud migrations make IT operations simpler and cheaper. Sometimes this is true, but not always. It all depends on your approach.
In healthcare, the discussion is no longer about if cloud migration will happen, but rather how institutions will effectively migrate. Government agencies and organizations are no exception. The rise of electronic medical records, an increased demand for telemedicine, as well as a growing population of patients make it critical that healthcare agencies pursue the cloud.Read… Read more »
In a recent GovLoop online training, panelists discussed the value and benefits of moving enterprise resource planning (ERP) to the cloud.
In government, there is a huge push to consolidate data centers and move processes to the cloud. With automation, agencies can move workloads to the cloud quickly, while staying secure, and not requiring an increase in manual processes.
The public sector has entered a new phase of maturity in its cloud adoption — one in which agencies are now migrating mission-critical systems to the cloud.
Government is recognizing the benefits of cloud-supported emerging technologies, such as IoT and AI. Here are next steps for agencies that are looking to harness the momentum of emerging tech.