Cloud Migration and Inter-Cloud Mobility Aspects

Mikhail Gloukhovtsev accepts the Best of Migration Award at the 2016 Knowledge Sharing Celebration. L-R: Debi Graci, Knowledge Sharing Program; Joe Milardo, Sr. Director, EMC Education Services; Mikhail Gloukhovtsev, Sr. Solution Architect, Orange Business Services; Jennifer St. Hill, Vice President, EMC Education Services.

Challenges of cloud migration, its complexity, and risks may discourage some companies from undertaking their journey to cloud. As a result, the migration project may be postponed despite understanding that delays in getting benefits of cloud-based IT services impact company competitiveness.

In this Knowledge Sharing article—awarded Best of Migration in the 2016 Knowledge Sharing Competition—Mikhail Gloukhovtsev considers challenges and solutions associated with cloud migrations, focusing on the technology and methodology of the application and related data migration solutions from the practitioner’s point of view. Application data portability enabled by using various technologies such as containers and cloud storage gateways is also discussed.

Read the full article here.

Watch an interview with Mikhail Gloukhovstev discussing his article here.