THE RIGHT
BALANCE BETWEEN COST AND SECURITY NEEDS TO BE FOUND FOR EVERY WORKLOAD .
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increasingly designing and adjusting their environments with portability in mind , but there are some questions to ask yourself first .
THE RIGHT
BALANCE BETWEEN COST AND SECURITY NEEDS TO BE FOUND FOR EVERY WORKLOAD .
Why move data at all ?
To state the obvious for a second , modern enterprise IT environments are vastly complex . They can be monolithic and highly dispersed with the growing data gravity of some environments making many companies essentially ‘ digital hoarders ’.
This is problematic as is , as holding on to data you don ’ t need exposes you to unnecessary cybersecurity and compliance risks . But data bloat in the cloud also brings severe financial consequences and the dreaded ‘ bill shock ’ when that invoice lands .
So , even though many companies moved to the cloud in the first place to optimise costs , the flexibility that the cloud gives businesses can be something of a double-edged sword . While the attractiveness of the cloud is that you only pay for what you need , the flip side is there is no spending cap so costs can easily get out of control .
To solve this , better data hygiene can help , but for the data you do need it ' s about picking the right platform for the workload . This may involve re-platforming or rearchitecting to optimise costs .
This is where data governance and hygiene come in – before looking to move data or improve processes , you need to know exactly what data you have and where .
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