Cloud Migration Framework
ITIS has developed a cloud migration framework to help organizations in building an enterprise application migration strategy to reap the benefits from cloud adoption. The cloud migration framework comprises a cloud migration methodology and the tools that help in application migration, platform monitoring, security and compliance.
Cloud Assessment
- TCO Analysis .
- Security and Compliance assessment .
- Application assessment .
- Tools for Integration and Management.
- Migrating Licenses .
- Define Success Criteria .
- Develop Roadmap .
Cloud Platform Awareness
- Get acquainted with the Cloud Platform .
- Understand Platforms supported and Availability Zones .
- Understand Pricing and Pricing Criteria .
- Tools for Integration and Management.
- Build a PoC .
- Test existing software on Cloud .
- Identify tools for Migration .
Data Migration
- Explore storage options on Cloud .
- Explore the commercial and open source RDBMS options on cloud .
- Plan setup for High Availability .
- Create Backup and Restore Plans.
- Define Success Criteria .
- Define Success Criteria .
- Define Migration Effort .
Application Migration
- Lift and Deploy for Full migration .
- Partial Application Migration .
- Design Integration mechanism with On-premise components .
- Tools for Integration and Management .
- Select AMIs or create AMIs with the required software .
- Define Migration Effort .
Cloud Deployment
- Configure Auto-scaling .
- Setup Monitoring Tools and alert mechanisms .
- Harden Security .
- Use Dashboards for managing application and resources .
- Configure for HA using different availability zones .
- Create a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) .
Platform Optimization
- Optimize resource usage for cost savings .
- Analyze Usage Patterns .
- Release unutilized resources .
- Compress data to minimize data transfer in and out.
- Tune application to improve performance.
- Use availability zones and additional servers to improve response time.