If operating on the cloud follows through on every promise, such as improved scalability and reduced IT costs, then what is keeping companies from marking the move? There are a few perceived issues that hold various businesses back regarding digital transformation and moving systems to the cloud.
First of all, it’s a huge job. Embracing a cloud environment, though necessary, is a whole lot easier said than done. The reluctance to move while continuing to operate via internal-infrastructure teams could come down to a better total cost of ownership. Operating costs over the lifespan of a business are extremely individual.
It would be ignorant to advise every business that moving to a cloud environment would be financially beneficial. At best, it can only be assumed based on what we’ve seen in the past. With change comes a certain level of fear, primarily when that change might be impossible to avoid.
Safeguarding Sensitive Information
Many business owners and their development teams fear the inability to safeguard sensitive information in an online-only cloud environment. There is an assumed lack of control concerning security features and regulatory needs.
In reality, there is no online security system that is completely foolproof, period. Yes, the cloud is extremely secure. It depends on which operating system and the company you choose to utilize to host your cloud, but security features are typically extensive and state of the art. Again, this hesitancy is understood, because nothing is completely hacker-proof. To set minds at ease, business owners should speak, in detail, with the cloud service providers they think they’d like to work with. Information is the key to making a decision.
Established Skill-Set Enterprises
Companies that hesitate to move to a hybrid cloud environment worry quite a bit about the established skill-set they already have that pertains to their legacy systems. Years have been put into the way your company currently operates, and change is virtually terrifying.
Business owners that are satisfied with the way their business is currently run should think hard about embracing a cloud hybrid environment, mostly because it’s beneficial, and partly because it’s completely inevitable.