Is your organization looking to migrate its network infrastructure to the cloud? Before doing so, it is important that you understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration so you can understand an estimate of the cost of cloud migration.
No organization can afford to rely on a poor-performing network. If your organization is using a poor-performing network that results in network breakups and drops, it can lead to employee productivity and efficiency problems.
These problems can lead to dissatisfied customers that result in lost customers and revenue. Migrating to the cloud can help improve network performance and reliability which can lead to better overall productivity.
However, if you do not understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration, you may not have an estimate of how much migrating to the cloud will cost your organization.
Understanding the factors that affect the cost will allow you to better determine if the migration is the right solution for your organization.
Coeo understands how important a reliable network is and has helped thousands of customers migrate to the cloud to improve network reliability, performance, and scalability.
By the end of this article, you will understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration and whether your organization should migrate to the cloud.
The factors that affect the cost of cloud migration
There are many factors that affect the cost of cloud migration. The cost of migrating network infrastructure is typically minimal however, the more changes you plan to make to your workloads and the more complex the migration becomes, the more costlier the migration can be.
Understanding what these factors are can help you determine an estimate of the cost of migrating your infrastructure to the cloud. Some of the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration include:
Network application updates
Most applications can be migrated to the cloud with no changes or problems. However, if your organization is looking to upgrade these applications as part of the migration process to improve scalability or security, these changes can be made by software developers which can cost money.
It is important to determine which applications need to be upgraded and how much the developers charge.
Consulting costs
If your organization does not have any in-house IT expertise, you may need to work with an external company. If your organization decides to use a consulting company to plan and manage your cloud migration, it can lead to additional costs.
Data backup costs
When migrating to the cloud, it is important to back up your data before and during the process to ensure that data is not lost after the migration process. The cost of the cloud storage to back up the data factors into the overall cost of the cloud migration.
Cost of additional software tools
Migrating to the cloud can result in organizations purchasing additional software tools to improve network performance and reliability after cloud migration is complete.
Implementing cloud migration software can also help monitor and validate your workload performance after migrating to the cloud.
Cost of new software licenses
Some network solutions and services do not allow you to repurpose software licenses for cloud operation.
As a result, your organization may have to purchase new software licenses after cloud migration is complete which can factor into the overall cost of cloud migration.
Size of the data migration
In most cases, the cost of a data migration to the cloud is free. However, in some cases, if a considerable amount of data needs to be moved to the cloud, the network may be insufficient for a traditional cloud migration since it would take too long.
If your organization has a large amount of data that needs to be moved to the cloud, your organization may need to use a service that moves data in petabyte-size increments.
The cost of this service varies across different providers however it can cost anywhere from tens of thousands of dollars to a few hundred thousand depending on the service used and the amount of data needed to be moved.
If you would like to speak with our team to learn more about migrating to the cloud or ask any questions you may have you can schedule an appointment.
Is cloud migration the right solution for your organization?
Now you understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration. While the cost of cloud migration varies case by case, it is important to understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration so your organization has an estimate before migrating to the cloud.
However, it is also important that you understand if cloud migration is the right fit for your organization.
If your organization is dealing with poor network and application performance, migrating data storage and network infrastructure to the cloud may be a good solution to improve overall reliability and performance.
Cloud migration is also a good solution if your employees and network data are growing and your current network services and applications are unable to keep up. Migrating to the cloud may be a good fit to improve scalability for your growing organization.
Additionally, if your organization has remote workers who have difficulty accessing your current network and applications, migrating to the cloud can help improve accessibility across your network data and applications.
However, the cloud is a public platform that can be accessed by any user with an internet connection. Because of this, if your organization does not have the proper network security migrating to the cloud may not be a good solution for your organization.
It is important to secure your network with solutions such as SASE to ensure your network infrastructure and applications are secure before moving to the cloud.
Determining if cloud migration is the right fit for your organization
Now you understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration and if it is the right solution for your organization. This will help you determine if your organization should migrate its network infrastructure and applications to the cloud.
Poor network reliability and performance can negatively affect any organization. It can result in lost employee productivity and efficiency which can lead to lost customers and revenue.
Cloud migration can help organizations improve their network reliability and performance to avoid these issues.
While the cost of network migration varies case by case, it is important to understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration to calculate a rough estimate of the migration.
Coeo understands how important a reliable network is and has delivered thousands of cloud network solutions and services to organizations to improve their network performance and reliability.
We want you to understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration to determine if it is the right solution for your organization.
If you would like to speak with our team to learn more about migrating to the cloud or ask any questions you may have you can schedule an appointment.
Now that you understand the factors that affect the cost of cloud migration and if it is right for your organization, read this article to understand how AWS can help with cloud migration:
