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VIRTUAL REALITY get for your cloud migration proj - ect, and that support starts with an experienced provider. When mak - ing your selection, check on the provider’s level of experience and its ability to deliver the following: tools to ease the process, support for any type of cloud environment at any scale, ways to deal with outmoded technology, rigid archi - tecture, complex app and workflow dependencies, support during and after the migration process, and other myriad difficulties. Lesson 8 - Prepare to measure success Establish a set of cloud key per - formance indicators (KPIs) to show how a cloud migration is progress - ing, to reveal obvious or unseen problems or complications in the applications and to guide you during the entire process. Once you de - termine what you want to achieve, your KPI metrics can measure your success at the end of your cloud journey by evaluating a range of categories from infrastructure to user experience to application per - formance in the cloud. Lesson 9 - Consider app complexity when carrying out cloud migration When switching over applica - tions from legacy on-premises to cloud, consider the architecture of the app and data. How complex is it? You can choose to migrate the entire app or service to the cloud all at one time, see if it works and, if it does, transfer the on-premises traffic to cloud. Or, you can do it one piece at a time: migrate just a small percentage of customers to cloud, ascertain if the process is working, perform these actions in the same order until all customers have shifted to cloud. Lesson 10 - Optimize cloud migration Moving to the cloud and not tak - ing advantage of its performance and cost-saving benefits is just a waste of the whole process. One of the cloud’s great strengths is re - source optimization, and it behooves you to instruct your customer to plan for correctly assigning the right re - sources to their application. Best-fit matching between the application and the right cloud resource delivers business efficiency and optimum re - turns for the cloud investment. Migrating to the cloud doesn’t have to be a long, complex journey; the digital transformation rewards for those who make it are immense. Make your moves as efficient and effective as possible. o Adir Cohen is CEO of CaaB, a cloud-solution provider allowing any MSP, VAR or hosting company to de- liver white-labeled cloud offerings to their customers within a day. Why Partner with FirstComm? Over 3000 VARS, Agents, Solution Providers, and IT Professionals trust us to be their managed services provider Comprehensive Product Portfolio Our comprehensive product portfolio offers the essentials enterprises need for success Great Pricing & Flexible Contracts We always put our agents and customers first by providing competitive pricing & SPIFF’s Agent Marketing Program We offer strategic go-to market initiatives to help you succeed in the market Dedicated Support Team We have an experienced, talented, dedicated engineering team to help you secure the deal Unified Communications Software DefinedWAN Managed Security Voice Solutions +1.312.334.0019 | www.firstcomm.com 29 March - April, 2020 | CHANNEL VISION