Free eBook on "Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals"

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In this book, most of the Windows Azure services are described in some detail, with screenshots used to demonstrate some of the multitude of capabilities of the platform. For the experienced, it has got great expert tips written by Microsoft professionals who develop, test, and use the Windows Azure platform.

Brainstorming on migrating traditional apps to cloud platforms

Brainstorming is a process of capturing ideas by throwing relevant questions or queries to group of people who preferably possess some knowledge of respective subject matter. While doing the brainstorming for migration of traditional apps to cloud platforms, one should try to seek answers for following relevant questions:

                      

1. What are the main objectives of migrating traditional apps to cloud platforms? Is it performance, scalability, stability, easy maintenance, security, cost cutting, increased ROI, standardization, client needs, to keep up with changing trends or any thing else? Most of the time it is not the one factor but mixture or blend of factors which drives this crucial decision. Are you aware that 70% of current Microsoft’s (leading visionary of IT industry) staff is working on cloud computing technologies?
2. Why this migration is essential? Why can’t I go with current existing traditional apps? Why my migrated cloud enabled app should use native cloud features?
3. How to carry out migration from traditional app to cloud enabled app for given technologies? How can I make sure that new application architecture is taking all the possible advantages of cloud platform? How can I convince my clients or top management for genuine needs of this migration to cloud enabled apps? How to do technical selling by showing reduced Capex, increased Opex but improved ROI in long run?
4. Where to find more details about right ways of carrying out migration to cloud enabled apps for the technologies which I’m dealing with?
5. Who will be the stake holders at end of the day? Who will be the owners & who will be the users? Who will carry out actual migration of traditional apps to cloud enabled apps? Who will be the training providers to make sure staff gets acquainted with new technologies to provide support in future & user gets relevant training to do their day to day jobs after migration. This will ensure smooth transition.
6. When is the right time to initiate migration of traditional apps to cloud enabled apps? By when it should start & by when it should end? Is fall back plan is in place in case of failure with migration due to any unseen technical hindrances?