The cloud provides a strong security infrastructure with cloud providers investing billions in advanced security technologies and compliance measures. However, securing your application requires actions from you and the cloud provider. Cloud providers like AWS, Azure and google cloud implement multiple layers of security ranging from encryption for data in transit or at rest, access control mechanisms, automated data backups, threat detection and AI monitoring. You need not worry about security.

We plan data migration with much devotion in order to avoid any data loses or integrity issues. We use automated backup systems, data validation checks, and incremental migration strategies. Before migrating, we create a full backup of your data, and after migration, we run integrity checks to ensure everything was transferred correctly. Additionally, cloud providers store this data redundantly, so even in the unlikely event of an issue, data recovery is possible. With proper planning and execution, the risk of data loss is minimal.

Managing your cloud infrastructure will not require an IT team since part of the management is automatically being taking care of by the cloud provider. You will need to hire a professional or you can work with us to monitor performance, cost, storage or security of your application. 

Cloud migration is potentially cost-effective in the long run. Contrary to traditional on-premise infrastructure, where you must invest in expensive hardware, maintenance, and IT staff, the cloud utilizes a pay-as-you-go model where you only pay for the resources you use. Maintenance expenses are reduced as cloud providers handle updates, patches, and security.  The issue of software licenses – certain software vendors restrict their licenses to on-premise environments, making it difficult to migrate without additional costs.  Some licenses may permit cloud deployments, so we will need review this plus explore cloud-native alternatives, or negotiate with vendors to transfer and reuse existing licenses without additional cost. To provide clarity, we can conduct a cost-benefit analysis to compare your current IT expenses with projected cloud costs. This will help you see potential savings.

ISPs cannot guarantee quality of service when it comes to internet connectivity making it a challenge to completely go all-cloud. Despite this some companies which have gone all-cloud still thrive by resorting to paper-based documentation when the connectivity is down. Another option is to fallback to on-premise facilities when you have an hybrid architecture. We recommend setting up hybrid architectures for large enterprises that want to maintain a cloud infrastructure but can’t stand downtimes. Generally, hybrid architectures require that the cloud and on-premise infrastructure run side by side. This will increase the IT overhead and drive cost up. But we implement this strategically, so that business can still save money while benefiting from its flexibility.

Processes and transactions that require low latency may struggle at times since they rely on the internet which is a network whose bandwidth and latency fluctuates due to factors beyond the control of ISPs. In this scenario, we roll-out edge computing or hybrid cloud setups allowing low latency workloads to run at the edge or on-premise.

How long the migration will take depends on the complexity of the migration process which in turn depends on the existing infrastructure. We usually perform the migration in stages to prevent application downtimes.