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Motivations for migration

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Motivations for migration

- [Instructor] If the only reason that you're migrating to the cloud is because your CEO told you to or because the board thought it was a good idea, then the chances of this being successful are quite small. The first and highest priority step to a successful cloud migration is in understanding what your motivations really are, as these motivations are what's going to define your business outcomes. Now there are various different things that could drive a business towards a cloud migration project. It could be some critical business events, such as a merger or an acquisition, perhaps it's to enable an increase in business agility, or maybe as a way of building new technical capabilities. You're likely to have several different motivations. So let's think about what H+'s motivations might be. Well, firstly, H+ are keen to reduce capital expenditure. They don't want to be investing in new infrastructure. They also want tighter…

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