Published: 08 January 2020
Summary
A sound architectural framework is a critical element for a successful enterprise cloud migration to IaaS and PaaS. This research guides I&O technical professionals through requirements that enterprises should address in order to support the demands of production workloads on public cloud providers.
Included in Full Research
- Prework
- Understand the Business Relationship
- Understand Delineation of Responsibilities
- Foundation Item No. 1: Master Accounts and Billing
- Create Initial Master Account (or Accounts) and Subaccounts
- Secure the “Break the Glass” Accounts
- Foundation Item No. 2: User Identity and Role-Based Access Control
- Plan for Provider-Managed Identities or Directory-Integrated Identities
- Define Permissions Groups
- Set Parameters for Additional Account Security Options
- Foundation Item No. 3: Core IP Transit and Name Resolution
- Determine Near-Term and Long-Term Hybrid WAN Strategies
- Plan for Wide-Area IP Addressing Needs
- Establish and Test Appropriate Name Resolution Capabilities
- Foundation Item No. 4: Storage
- Planning a Storage Strategy: Object, Block and File
- Plan Storage Around Availability, Performance, Resiliency and Price
- Build Suitable Authorization and Encryption Strategies for Data
- Foundation Item No. 5: Application-Specific Networking
- Understand Provider Networking Architectures and Capabilities
- Map Target Use Cases and Designs on to a Provider’s Architecture
- Foundation Item No. 6: Compute
- Understand Core Attributes of Compute Capabilities
- Foundation Item No. 7: PaaS Services
- Foundation Item No. 8: IT Operations Management
- Review Existing In-House Tools and Operational Processes
- Retool and Refactor Operational Processes When Necessary
- Foundation Item No. 9: Continuity and Availability
- Foundation Item No. 10: Governance
- Foundation Item No. 11: Security
- Follow-Up — Automation