Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 31 | Page 73

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cloud eHosting DataFort expert says cloud service providers can help organisations migrate workloads ///////////////////////////// Sachin Bhardwaj, Director Marketing and Business Development, eHosting DataFort, says a cloud service provider can play an important role in helping end-user organisations migrate their workloads from on-premises to the cloud through jointly engaging in a proof of concept. www.intelligentcio.com M igration of data to the cloud is the process of moving business processes, business elements, data and applications, from an on-site premises to a cloud environment. Similar to any migration process, transitioning an IT environment from an on-site environment to the cloud has its share of project management and change management challenges. However, migrating to the cloud has a unique challenge of its own. Once successfully migrated to the cloud, the end-user’s IT environment and its data are no longer under the direct control of the end-user. The cloud environment remains under the control of the cloud service INTELLIGENTCIO 73