With organizations increasingly depending on public cloud services, there will inevitably be a transition period as on-premises legacy IT infrastructures are migrated. The majority of businesses choose the hybrid approach to ease the transition. However, companies should exercise caution when it comes to utilizing a long-term hybrid IT approach.
Businesses need to ask themselves one crucial question: how long should they use a hybrid model for their IT infrastructure since there isn’t a mystical button they can push to migrate everything from their data centres to the cloud instantly?
Building a transitional hybrid system during the migrating process is vital. However, in most situations, businesses are better off going all-in on the cloud to the best of their abilities and adhering to a business plan that gradually leads them there over two- to three years.
Long-Term Hybrid Model – Three Pitfalls to Be Aware of
Although it is technically possible to use a hybrid model indefinitely, most organizations find it unworkable due to financial constraints. To attempt to do so could be a wrong business move for the following three reasons:
Perennial Costs Reach a Critical Mass
The physical infrastructure that underpins an organization’s on-premises architecture, which was probably developed when it was economically feasible, may eventually stop generating ROI. In the long term, paying for extra space is inefficient.
Potentially Challenging Dynamics at Work
Everyone wants to be a part of the cloud team; hence if a company has both cloud and non-cloud units, it may generate problems inside the team. What will the non-cloud team members be doing in a few years if business conditions demand that the cloud is the way of the future? Businesses need to be aware of the long-term effects of this kind of situation.
Additional Administrative Assistance Is Required
When using a hybrid strategy, professional systems administrators must support cloud and on-premises infrastructures. These teams are responsible for monitoring, patching, backups, failover, and restores, which need more work and greater expertise.
Strategies for Maximizing the Effectiveness of Cloud Migration
IT skills shortage is a major issue today. Therefore, businesses must plan their IT infrastructures properly. Most modern companies require coverage daily, yet they all lack the engineers to make this a reality every day of the year.
Some companies have created small, dependable IT teams, but nearly always, these teams reach a point where burnout becomes a problem. Knowing that an incident could happen at any time causes a certain amount of anxiety, which can stop innovation.
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However, even though a transitional phase for hybrid IT is nearly always required, there are three essential strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of cloud migration:
The Way Forward
Another crucial factor is deciding which systems should be migrated first. Moving both customer-facing and internal-facing systems can typically result in a considerable return on investment, but it’s also crucial not to neglect other backend file systems or network devices. Overlooking these over an extended period could end up being costly.
Migration to the cloud is not a one-size-fits-all process. Every circumstance is distinct, and depending on the company, the final steps taken may differ from those taken by a competitor. With that stated, one thing is usually always true: Businesses have the maximum chance of success by minimizing the time they operate under a hybrid model.
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Prangya Pandab is an Associate Editor with OnDot Media. She is a seasoned journalist with almost seven years of experience in the business news sector. Before joining ODM, she was a journalist with CNBC-TV18 for four years. She also had a brief stint with an infrastructure finance company working for their communications and branding vertical.
