Why Should My Business Move To The Cloud?

Apr 18, 2017 by Armory


Before you begin: Read our Stages of Software Delivery Evolution Infographic to understand which stage your company currently falls into.

 

It seemed not so long ago that we were still sending Word documents around companies in chain mails that could go on for miles. Technology and progress today has made it possible for multiple users to edit the same document at the same time because it happens in the cloud.

Businesses everywhere are making the next great migration: data-center to cloud.

But why? What’s so great about the cloud that a full 94% of enterprises anticipate migrating to the cloud within the next five years?

based on a survey of 489 companies in this O’Reilly eBook, “Cloud Native Evolution: How Companies Go Digital”

Here are some benefits that businesses enjoy after moving to the cloud:

Are there reasons I shouldn’t move to the cloud?

There are some, and we’ll address them here:

Armory recommends businesses with any of the above concerns to take a hybrid-cloud stance: migrating the applications most ready for the cloud while still retaining data-centers for applications and sensitive data that should stay in place.

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