CloudOperations

Cloudvendorlock-inmeansonceyoustartwithacloudserviceprovider,it'sdifficultandcostlytoleave.Vendorlock-inisespeciallyconcerningbecausethisproblemwillhappen.It'snotan"if"it'sa"when."

CloudTechnologist CloudArchitecture

Theconcernsarereal.Howdoyouprotectyourdataandprivacywhenit'sinsomeoneelsedatacenter.Thecloudrequiresadifferentstrategythanon-premisesIT

PCIDSS(payments),FCRA(creditreporting),FERPA(education),SCA(emailandcontent),COPPA(children'sprivacy),SOX(Sarbanes-Oxley),FISMA(Federalinformationproection),HIPAA(healthcaredata).Ifyou'recompanymustbecomplianton-premises,ithastostaycompliant,andbeabletorespondtoaudits,oncedataandservicesareinthecloud.

Theseappstendtobeold,writtenin-house,withoutdatedlanguages,andmayhavelittledocumentationbutareessentialtooperations.Dataintheseappsishardtoaccess,andtheappsdon'tworkandplaywellwithotherappson-premisesorinthecloud.

Whatyourorganizationhastodotogettothecloud. Thebarriersyourorganizationmustovercometo

besuccessfulinthecloud.

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