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The Cloud,\u00a0Holy Grail\u00a0of freedom and IT agility for some, Trojan horse for others, strengthens its position as the spearhead of the digital transformation of companies.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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All the studies carried out by consulting firms specializing in IT are globally congruent: in a window of two to three years, more than half of the applications will be developed and managed directly in the cloud. More than 80% of IT budgets will be devoted to Cloud solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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Transformation projects can seem complicated at first. However, most of the time, they are just complex. The diversity of the trades\u00a0affected\u00a0the speed of innovations in technological services and the implications of managing change over time come into play. By using a good project methodology and the use of an experienced partner, the cloud is within everyone’s reach.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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Here are some important, but not exhaustive, keys to remember to lead a business transformation to the cloud with confidence and over the long term:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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It’s\u00a0a fact of life, if the cloud was all about a technology adoption curve, it would be much easier and faster. However, this transformation\u00a0must be approached\u00a0from a systemic angle. The on-board ecosystem is large and addresses changes at several levels:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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The company itself often shifts from a “homemade” policy to using a third party, which is a real cultural shift. The contraction of the time necessary to conceive new services intended for Customers, followers of everything immediately, modifies the way of producing, testing, and launching them on the market. Speed becomes a factor of success.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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A\u00a0challenge\u00a0for HR. How to support the entire fringe of the population that is not cloud-native in the understanding, acceptance, and use of these new technologies? How to ensure good internal dynamics and sharing between these populations without risking the internal split of a two-speed company depending on who is addressing the project? A subject to anticipate upstream.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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DevOps methods promote agility and speed of development in a context of continuous integration and continuous deployment. Fewer errors through automation, fast cycles, and continuous dynamics.\u00a0However,\u00a0that implies the removal of functional silos and acculturation to this method.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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How to modernize applications? Should we keep physical architectures for critical data? The cloud, but which player to choose? Beyond the cloud, which cloud services to use, virtual servers, platform services, containers? So many aspects to\u00a0be framed\u00a0in the choice phases, the implications being different in terms of application redevelopment budget (limited for a server to cloud server port, but identical operating cost; versus important for the adoption of microservices but up to 60% reduction in operating costs).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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Who wants to take a trip determines first the destination, then the stops, and the budget. Ditto for transformation, the cloud is a means, not a destination. What productivity objectives, shortening it is time to market, improving its availability or user performance does the company want? Cloud-first or cloud-all strategies must lay down this vision and the indicators of success to measure the achievement of these objectives.\u00a0
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In point\u00a0one;\u00a0we saw that the transformation is not just IT. The gap\u00a0must therefore be measured\u00a0with respect to all these factors. Is the decision to adopt the cloud\u00a0carried\u00a0and infused exemplarily by the general management and clearly explained? The methods in place: are they already agile or sequential and compartmentalized? Skills: are they in the adoption of technologies, are there ambassadors mastering cloud-native development? Measuring the gaps will clearly define the path to\u00a0be adopted\u00a0over time.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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All of the assessments to\u00a0be carried out\u00a0require time, methods, and expertise to support the structure. Using an expert such as an MSP (Managed Service Provider) allows you to benefit from concrete experience in the consulting and implementation phases of the transformation plan.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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DevOps training, Container, Travel to the cloud, security assessment is all consulting services that allow you to trace an appropriate trajectory and deploy your services in the chosen cloud (s).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
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Do not\u00a0forget about managing application operations in the cloud. Does the company have the necessary expertise to manage the cloud provider, supervise applications, intervene in the event of an incident,\u00a0and manage\u00a0their capacity and performance? Contrary to popular belief, the cloud provider only addresses the platform it offers but will not deal with your services or applications. An MSP will do it.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\t\t