- AWS (Amazon web service) offers a three-phase cloud migration model – assess, mobilise and migrate – designed to help organisations successfully migrate IT resources to cloud environments.
- With this model, organisations can systematically assess the readiness of their existing IT environments, develop a detailed migration plan, and execute the migration while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
AWS’ three-phase cloud migration model – assess, mobilise and migrate – provides organisations with a comprehensive guidance programme to help them start from assessing the readiness of their existing IT environments, through to developing a detailed migration plan and executing the migration, ensuring that the whole process is both systematic and efficient. The model considers not only the technical aspects of the migration, but also includes an assessment of business objectives, budgets and timelines, as well as ensuring that the migrated environment is compliant with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
3 phases of AWS migration journey
The AWS three-phase cloud migration model offers a comprehensive and structured approach to transitioning IT resources to the cloud, ensuring a smooth and successful migration process.
1. Assess phase: This initial stage involves a comprehensive evaluation of the current IT environment to determine its readiness for cloud migration. It includes understanding the infrastructure, applications, and data, identifying suitable workloads, assessing dependencies, performance, and security requirements, and aligning migration goals with business objectives, budget, timeline, and resource needs.
2. Mobilise phase: The second phase focuses on preparing for the migration by developing a detailed plan, setting up the necessary cloud infrastructure, and establishing a roadmap. It involves forming a skilled migration team, setting up communication channels and governance processes, and preparing all resources and processes required for the migration.
3. Migrate phase: The final stage is where the actual migration of applications, data, and IT resources to the cloud occurs. It includes executing the migration plan, conducting testing and validation to ensure functionality and performance, and addressing any issues or challenges. Post-migration optimisation and fine-tuning are also performed to ensure the cloud environment operates efficiently and securely.
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AWS for enterprise digital transformation
In AWS’ assessment phase, enterprises not only need to assess the cloud migration readiness of their existing IT environments, they should also deeply analyse their business models and processes to identify key areas for digital transformation. Through this phase, companies can lay a solid foundation for subsequent digital transformation. The mobilisation phase is a critical period for enterprises to develop a detailed cloud migration plan and roadmap. During this phase, enterprises should integrate digital transformation goals and strategies into the migration plan to ensure that the migration process meets technology needs and supports business innovation and growth. In the migration phase, the organisation will actually execute the cloud migration plan to move applications, data and IT resources to the cloud. This phase is a critical time for digital transformation implementation. Enterprises should ensure data security and compliance during the migration process and leverage the various tools and services provided by the cloud platform to support continuous business innovation and optimisation.
