
Interesting Facts about Cloud
Many IT departments have only agreed to migrate to the cloud to comply with senior management's desire to modernize infrastructure or to react to the spread of Shadow IT.
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CIO Applications Europe | Monday, March 01, 2021

Many IT departments have only agreed to migrate to the cloud to comply with senior management's desire to modernize infrastructure or to react to the spread of Shadow IT. This strictly defensive and half-hearted approach results in transition plans which may be hesitant, incomplete and/or too late.
Fremont, CA: Despite the global crisis, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud reported up to 40 percent growth in Q3 2020. After the first lockdown, the public cloud has attracted businesses with versatility and assured operation during the pandemic. This is the case, for example, of retailers who have found a tool in the cloud to satisfy the increasing demand for online shopping. For other industries, such as air travel or the hospitality industry, the prospect of significant savings and improved resilience will continue to increase demand and help their cost-cutting strategy to reduce the economic implications of the lockdowns. However, in order to make this pledge a reality, it is important to avoid some common cloud adoption pitfalls and to join the club of frustrated cloud users.
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Conversion without Conviction
Many IT departments have only agreed to migrate to the cloud to comply with senior management's desire to modernize infrastructure or to react to the spread of Shadow IT. This strictly defensive and half-hearted approach results in transition plans which may be hesitant, incomplete and/or too late. This does not meet business needs, but makes companies hesitate to pursue a robust cloud strategy. They don't dare move to a complete
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ly new system, minimize or shut down the scale of data centers. Rail or air transport, where a business is highly dependent on customer trust, may be tempted by this option as a risk-reduction strategy.
Maintaining dual infrastructure not only raises operating costs but also increases uncertainty, leaving the company increasingly incapable of implementing digital technologies and developing agile solutions that are vital to success. This slow adoption directly impacted workers' organizations during the first lockdown, with employees having to change their work schedules according to the availability of data center services, which should have been the other way around.
Data centers seek revenge
Also, for those who believe in the public cloud, old habits are dying hard. Infrastructure managers have been risk-averse in the construction of data centers throughout their careers. In installations that are expected to last at least ten years and are built to host critical applications that are demanding in terms of capacity and security—they know that everything needs to be flawless from the outset.
Too frequently, this phenomenon is perpetuated in the cloud and oversizes the architecture instantly. This precaution is both unnecessary and costly, as the cloud enables development, progressive adaptation and even the ability to make mistakes. Rather than making long-term plans, it is easier to allow organic and iterative cloud infrastructure growth by making full use of cloud-native resources that can be improved if needed.
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