- Cloud Computing Basics
- Cloud Computing - Home
- Cloud Computing - Overview
- Cloud Computing - Evolution
- Cloud Computing - Characteristics
- Cloud Computing - Advantages
- Cloud Computing - Planning
- Cloud Computing - Technologies
- Cloud Computing - Architecture
- Cloud Computing - Infrastructure
- Cloud Deployment Models
- Public Cloud Model
- Private Cloud Model
- Hybrid Cloud Model
- Community Cloud Model
- Cloud Service Models
- Infrastructure Service
- Platform Service
- Software ervice
- Identity Service
- Network Service
- IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Cloud Virtualization
- Cloud Computing Virtualization
- Server Virtualization
- Data Virtualization
- Software Virtualization
- Storage Virtualization
- Network Virtualization
- Linux Virtualization
- Cloud Advanced Concepts
- Cloud Computing - Management
- Cloud Computing - Data Storage
- Cloud Computing - Security
- Cloud Computing - Operation
- Cloud Computing - Applications
- Cloud Computing - Providers
- Cloud Computing - Challenges
- Cloud Computing - Mobile
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cloud Computing - Multitenancy
- Hypervisor Security
- Cloud Computing - Principles
- Security Architecture
- Fault Tolerance
- Cloud Computing - Resiliency
- Service Level Agreements
- Cloud Networking
- Server Consolidation
- Cloud Computing - Scaling
- Autoscaling vs Load Balancer
- Scalability and Elasticity
- Cloud Bursting vs Cloud Scaling
- Resource Pooling
- Load Balancing
- Security Threats in Implementation SaaS
- Cloud Computing - Data Center
- Cloud Computing - Aneka
- Cloud Computing - Rapid Elasticity
- Cloud Computing - Xaas
- Cloud Computing - DaaS
- Cloud Computing - CaaS
- Cloud Computing - Roots
- Cloud Hosting vs Web Hosting
- Colocation vs Cloud
- iCloud Drive vs Dropbox
- SAP vs Oracle Cloud
- Cloud Computing vs Data Science
- Cloud Integration Platform
- Onedrive and iCloud
- Private Cloud and On-premise
- What is Cloudcraft
- Bitbucket Cloud API
- Akamai vs Cloudflare
- AWS CloudWatch vs Datadog
- Cloud Burst
- Cloudflare vs CloudFront
- Elastic Cloud on Azure
- Cloud Useful Resources
- Cloud Computing - Quick Guide
- Cloud Computing - Useful Resources
- Cloud Computing - Discussion
Cloud Computing Planning
Before deploying applications to cloud, it is necessary to consider your business requirements. Following are the issues one must consider:
- Data Security and Privacy Requirement
- Budget Requirements
- Type of cloud - public, private or hybrid
- Data backup requirements
- Training requirements
- Dashboard and reporting requirements
- Client access requirements
- Data export requirements
To meet all of these requirements, it is necessary to have well-compiled planning. In this tutorial, we will discuss the various planning phases that must be practised by an enterprise before migrating the entire business to cloud. Each of these planning phases are described in the following diagram:
Strategy Phase
In this phase, we analyze the strategy problems that customer might face. There are two steps to perform this analysis:
- Cloud Computing Value Proposition
- Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
Cloud Computing Value Proposition
In this, we analyze the factors influencing the customers when applying cloud computing mode and target the key problems they wish to solve. These key factors are:
- IT management simplification
- operation and maintenance cost reduction
- business mode innovation
- low cost outsourcing hosting
- high service quality outsourcing hosting.
All of the above analysis helps in decision making for future development.
Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
The strategy establishment is based on the analysis result of the above step. In this step, a strategy document is prepared according to the conditions a customer might face when applying cloud computing mode.
Planning Phase
This step performs analysis of problems and risks in the cloud application to ensure the customers that the cloud computing is successfully meeting their business goals. This phase involves the following planning steps:
- Business Architecture Development
- IT Architecture development
- Requirements on Quality of Service Development
- Transformation Plan development
Business Architecture Development
In this step, we recognize the risks that might be caused by cloud computing application from a business perspective.
IT Architecture Development
In this step, we identify the applications that support the business processes and the technologies required to support enterprise applications and data systems.
Requirements on Quality of Service Development
Quality of service refers to the non-functional requirements such as reliability, security, disaster recovery, etc. The success of applying cloud computing mode depends on these non-functional factors.
Transformation Plan Development
In this step, we formulate all kinds of plans that are required to transform current business to cloud computing modes.
Deployment Phase
This phase focuses on both of the above two phases. It involves the following two steps:
- Selecting Cloud Computing Provider
- Maintenance and Technical Service
Selecting Cloud Computing Provider
This step includes selecting a cloud provider on basis of Service Level Agreement (SLA), which defines the level of service the provider will meet.
Maintenance and Technical Service
Maintenance and Technical services are provided by the cloud provider. They need to ensure the quality of services.