Tech Insights

The appeal of developing a Cloud strategy comes in the form of durability, flexibility, agility, security, the ability to scale horizontally, and cost savings. With so many benefits, it is tempting to jump straight to the punchline and educate you on how to make the migration. Before talking about moving an application to the Cloud, however, it is important to evaluate your current state and consider all potential risks, challenges, costs, and benefits.

In this article, I will walk you through the entire process from pre-migration considerations to a point where you are taking advantage of all the Cloud has to offer (and everything in-between).

Amidst a room of 350 people, I sat listening in on one of the more compelling tech analogies I’ve heard thrown around lately. To the uninitiated, what was happening in the room looked like a technical malfunction. A speaker in the front of the room was furiously narrating along a slide show that seemed to have taken a triple shot of espresso and a mind of its own. It was showing picture after picture of wizards, elves, wizard-elves, board game diagrams, character sheets, outlandish costumes, and yet the speaker, Jeff Smith, was somehow pulling this off. He was comparing Dungeons & Dragons to DevOps. And it worked.

Implementing Agile is challenging for many businesses. At our recent Roundtable, Transitioning to Agile: An Insider’s Look Into Disrupting the Status Quo, Roman Dumiak, Director of Technology Innovation for the Allstate Insurance Group, shared his experiences bringing Agile to his organization and the cultural shift that’s required in five key areas: