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According to IDC, 53% of all organizations in Asia are already using some form of cloud or have studied and tested initiatives cloud. Even this year, cloud computing will be discussed more frequently due to considerations of security and reliability will be strengthened.
Strong foundation is still the basis of all the successful implementation of cloud. If implemented correctly, cloud computing can enable enterprise users to focus on the things that distinguishes them from others and allow their businesses to grow faster.
Here are 5 tips to ensure that the implementation of the planned cloud can bring your company to higher levels, according to NetApp IT companies:
1. Cloud and virtualization
Virtualization is the first step toward the cloud. If your infrastructure is still in the format of the traditional silos, turn to virtualization first. With virtualization, cloud implementations will be able to reduce by half the storage needs and produces twice the storage utilization, thereby increasing savings on hardware, electricity and maintenance.
2. Opportunity to innovate
On your way to the cloud, take time to explore innovative storage technologies that can improve efficiency even further. Unified storage architecture, deduplication on primary data in virtualized environments, thin provisioning, and policy-based automation can help create a strong foundation cloud.
3. Ensure that IT is still running 24 hours a day
Current business conditions require the infrastructure that runs non-stop and the cloud is the perfect platform to make it happen. To keep your cloud runs 24 hours continuously, you must ensure that the data and applications can be moved dynamically throughout the cloud environment.
It is important to conduct instant failover in disaster recovery situations, and so that administrators can perform maintenance without interruption. Successful cloud environment should be able to provide flexibility to the administrators to be able to balance workloads as business needs change.
4. Balancing speed with efficiency
Essential requirements for the transition to cloud is the ability to move from simply optimizing the infrastructure to optimize service. Server virtualization enables provisioning and rapid deployment of new capabilities that companies can respond, innovate and penetrate the market more quickly.
To realize this fully, make sure your new cloud environment can be efficiently enhanced throughout the infrastructure, so that eventually you will not add complexity to the cloud environment.
Cloud early adopters have realized that his way is to adopt a unified architecture, because it can provide flexibility, elastic and transparent transfer of data to support the non-stop services and service automation.
5. A focus on innovation instead of maintenance
Cloud computing provides the ability for IT to transform the company from an organization that focuses on the maintenance of an organization that innovates. Cloud environment will enable IT to implement faster services, automate many routine maintenance and even presents a self-service to the users, so may take time for IT administrators to tasks that are more strategic.
In essence, by investing in cloud computing and converged data center, the company says can reduce overall IT costs, while achieving flexibility and higher efficiency.
While the first company to implement effectively the various demands for cloud computing than its competitors, it is believed will gain a competitive advantage of IT for the next few years.
