6 Practical Approaches for Cloud-based Application Migration

Date :- Sept 26, 2023 Day :- Tuesday

Simply move your application and its data from the on-premises environment to the cloud without any significant changes.

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You make minor optimizations to your application during the migration process to leverage cloud-native capabilities.

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You re-design and re-implement your application to take full advantage of cloud-native features, such as serverless computing.

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Replacing your existing applications with cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) alternatives that offer similar functionality.

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Analyze your existing application portfolio to identify applications that are no longer needed and retiring them.

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You can choose to retain certain applications in your on-premises environment while still migrating other parts of your infrastructure to the cloud. (Hybrid)

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Read Complete Blog over here :- 6 Approaches for Cloud-based Application Migration and more on the link below..

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