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The document discusses the most compelling reason for migrating information to the cloud and the biggest security concern about doing so. The respondent believes that cost savings is the most compelling reason, as clients have seen significant discounts and savings of over 40% by migrating to the cloud. However, cost was not always the primary driver for other clients. The biggest security concern with migrating to the cloud is security and privacy, as sensitive data is handled by third-party cloud service providers, though providers work to ensure high security.

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Cloud Migration

The document discusses the most compelling reason for migrating information to the cloud and the biggest security concern about doing so. The respondent believes that cost savings is the most compelling reason, as clients have seen significant discounts and savings of over 40% by migrating to the cloud. However, cost was not always the primary driver for other clients. The biggest security concern with migrating to the cloud is security and privacy, as sensitive data is handled by third-party cloud service providers, though providers work to ensure high security.

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courase2_Week4_discussion:

What do you believe to be the most compelling reason to migrate information to the cloud? What is
your biggest security concern about doing so?

Answer:

Cloud Computing refers to manipulating, configuring, and accessing the hardware and software
resources remotely. It offers online data storage, infrastructure, and application. Cloud computing offers
platform independency, as the software is not required to be installed locally on the PC. Hence, the
Cloud Computing is making our business applications mobile and collaborative.

As a consultant helping many clients with cloud projects, clients often ask for the most compelling
reason to migrate information to the cloud. Clearly they are seeing some benefits in cloud computing
and storage. While cloud migration across the world is on an exponential rise, larger organizations can
be reluctant to make the move. This is usually thanks to perceived barriers including potential risks,
migration complexities, or a lack of specialist expertise. Nevertheless, organizations that fail to migrate
to the cloud risk paying a much higher price for their inaction.

I believe, Cost savings is the most compelling reason to migrate information to the cloud. Do we want to
save money in the cloud? Absolutely, but that totally depends on our situation. Personally, I have
worked with a few clients who have moved to Microsoft Azure from on premises and to Azure from
Amazon Web Services (AWS), with cost being a driving factor. In their cases, signing an Azure Enterprise
Agreement with Microsoft brought significant discounts to Azure published pricing, which made it worth
the switch. A colleague worked with a client to move from a third-party hosting provider to Azure, and
that client saved more than 40%. That doesn’t bode well for the long-term viability of old school hosting
providers, which is why many are scrambling to rebrand themselves as cloud providers. Undoubtedly,
the cloud is a disruptive innovation. Clearly, we can save money in the cloud. It is important to note,
however, that for many of my cloud clients, cost was not a leading factor for moving to the cloud. Sure,
they wanted to stay on par with their current costs, if not save some money. However, their main
reasons for migrating are discussed in subsequent sections.

Security is a primary concern for most large organizations and it is easy to see why.

Cyberattacks are at record highs, with a 50% increase year-on-year in 2022 worldwide. Targeted
organizations can suffer significant financial and reputational damage, with IBM reporting that data
breaches cost businesses an average USD 4.24 million in 2021. Migrating to the cloud can help
organizations better manage this threat by helping reduce this risk. Cloud environments include inbuilt
security elements such as data encryption, unique logons, private networks, automated security
updates, and ongoing monitoring. Which means you get automatic access to your cloud hosts security
expertise.
Security and Privacy are the biggest concerns about cloud computing. Since data management and
infrastructure management in cloud is provided by third-party, it is always a risk to handover the
sensitive information to cloud service providers. Although the cloud-computing vendors ensure highly
secured password protected accounts, any sign of security breach may result in loss of customers and
businesses.

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