Digitalization continues to attract enterprises even though the latter have to face difficulties when migrating their infrastructures. Some companies are doing it faster, others are doing it slower, but this process is already irreversible.
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What benefits can it bring to the company?
Flexibility and acceleration of business processes
if an enterprise does not use the capabilities of modern technologies, does not adapt to the crazy pace and peculiarities of doing business, it will not be able to compete with those who are already doing it.
Better customer experience
Customers are one of the main drivers of digitalization. Every day they interact with commercial and state-owned companies, many of which have already begun to transform their activities. In such cases, the client sees that modern technologies make processes faster and simpler, so he expects such changes from other enterprises.
Digitalization technologies allow you to organize the most personalized interaction that most customers prefer. Digital communication channels, omnichannel, artificial intelligence, robotics — we already face all this in our daily life. For example, the digital transformation of banks could not do without chatbots
Innovative opportunities for business development
Using cloud technologies allows several teams to work on one project simultaneously and effectively use the company’s resources.
Ready-made solutions allow you to save time on solving problems. Various applications, extensions and connectors optimize the company’s work and require minimal time spent on their implementation and adaptation.
Digital transformation starts with moving to Cloud
Today companies from all sectors of the economy feel the need for transformation. Even the largest players bring part of their IT systems to the cloud, despite strict corporate and regulatory standards for information protection and the presence of their own data centers.
Even if a company has only ten computers and one accounting server, it can become a consumer of cloud services if this server does not cope with the peak load. Consumers of cloud services are absolutely all segments of the market. Small and medium-sized businesses are becoming increasingly interested in platform services, such as cloud database management systems, and large companies are organizing information repositories from disparate sources in the cloud.
The simplest way to keep organized all business processes and daily operations is to use specialized software, like Jira. It can be used by any team to divide big projects into smaller steps and monitor the progress of work, determine the optimal way of work using workflows and Kanban or Scrum boards.
As any of Atlassian products, Jira can be deployed in Cloud or Data Center. Comparing Cloud to Data Center, there’s no general solution that will fit any business.
Cloud is easy to use, it makes it possible to start using Jira already in 5 mins, and reduces costs on IT infrastructure maintenance.
Data Center is a better option if you’re a corporation of 500+ employees and priority number 1 is to get a higher level of data protection.
How to make Jira Cloud migration painless
The creation or modernization of corporate information systems is a critical task for any business. In order to carry out the cloud transformation painlessly, it is important to determine business goals, coordinate the work of IT teams, financiers and other departments. You need to think about a cloud migration plan and a strategy for optimizing resources after moving to the cloud in advance.
Steps of Cloud Migration
The process of Cloud Migration service depends on the individual needs of the company and can be carried out by it both independently and with the involvement of external experts.
First, it is necessary to find out the needs of the business, discuss and agree on technical aspects, as well as draw up a work plan and a roadmap, working them out to the smallest detail.
Then the migration project is divided into 6 main stages:
- Choose the strategy of migration;
- Assess of existing IT infrastructure of the company;
- Plan the migration process;
- Backup and test;
- Launch cloud migration;
- Optimization and support
Challenges (including technical ones) may arise at each stage. Any migration implies some downtime, which must be planned so that the business does not suffer.
What’s next?
Cloud migration is only a small part of the total digital transformation of the company.
Going through the stages of digital transformation, you’ll have to make many complex expert decisions, and the business itself needs powerful support.
Therefore, it is important to look not only for a set of technological solutions, but also for the right partner — a provider-developer who can help businesses customize the cloud for the operation of all the necessary systems and go through a digital transformation.
Still, even the most complex migration or optimization will someday be completed, and the path of digital transformation will continue. Now the digital transformation market is much broader than just the delivery of cloud services, and Polontech experts understand this and will take you by the hand through all the stages.
