In the MVC nest, that first egg, that first application, is most critical. Not everyone in the organization may be on board with the migration to public
cloud, so it is important that your first project is a
meaningful application.
defined data centers allow you to build and operate at scale—servers, storage,
networks, and security. Since you’re creating the data center in software, you
can iterate and fail fast until you get to the cloud state desired for production.
But IT needs to go from being a hardware centric organization to a software
focused team.
Building a Nest for Your Eggs
With the MVC, you iterate on the infrastructure you’re preparing. Think of it as
building a solid nest (platform) for your eggs (applications) and putting that
nest in the best tree (data center). By iterating on the MVC, we can tear the nest
apart, and even go to another tree at a fraction of the time and cost of doing
those things in a physical data center. The MVC then becomes the centerpiece
of your cloud program, preparing you for Migration @ Scale. You can track the
MVC as tightly as any piece of code going through a CI/CD (continuous integration, continuous deployment) cycle giving you much greater control of your
infrastructure.
Selecting Your First MVC Application
In the MVC nest, that first egg, that first application, is most critical. Not everyone in the organization may be on board with the migration to public cloud, so
it is important that your first project is a meaningful application. We advise clients to release a meaningful application in the first MVC iteration, one that
requires all stakeholders to participate in the release of the production application in the cloud.
Starting with an iteration of just one application is also important because
you’re exercising an organizational muscle that hasn’t been used before.
Remember what it felt like the first time you went to the gym? That is how your
organization will feel after your first pilot application moves to the MVC. This
step is key because all eyes will be on the process. You may have to tackle a
range of issues to get buy in from InfoSec, Risk, App Owners, Operations, Governance, Compliance and the executive office. Your MVC is the foundation for
iterating through each of these groups.
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