In the digital age, the infrastructure of data, its costs, and its means of security have evolved over time. Organizations have always sought cutting-edge tools and solutions for their digital needs, which has led to the emergence of cloud services as a more scalable and secure option over on-prem services.
Early on, infrastructure for all data required the investment of all-prem services, short for on-premises. Data centers, their applications, and network solutions required hardware on company grounds. This setup also required server upkeep and security measures on-location to keep all data maintained, available, and uncompromised.
A cloud migration strategy is an organization’s plan of action for successfully moving data, applications, and processes onto a cloud platform. Such strategies become essential due to the requirements, data security, and costs that can differ from one dataset to another. Those differences require a variety of strategies in turn.
Cloud migration strategies apply whether an organization moves from local infrastructure to cloud infrastructure, moves from one cloud service to another, or sets up a hybrid cloud to leverage both local and cloud infrastructures.
When it comes to unstructured data in an organization, sensitive data is the most important type of data to identify. Sensitive data falls into several classifications, but broadly refers to data that must be protected from unauthorized access to prevent harm to businesses and individuals alike. These classifications include personal information, private information, health information, and high-risk data, among others.
The cloud-first priority shift is one of the biggest transformative changes impacting businesses as a result of Covid-19. According to Gartner, by 2024 more than 45% of IT spending on system infrastructure, infrastructure software, application software and business process outsourcing will shift from traditional solutions to cloud. And by 2025, 85% of large enterprises will have a cloud-first principle.
