Optimizing Cloud Migration

Table of contents

1. 1. Optimizing Cloud Migration
   1. Introducing the Trend: the Move to the Cloud
      1. What Is Internet Performance?
      2. Flawed Thinking: You Can’t Control Internet Performance in the Cloud
2. 2. Phase 1: Preparing for Your Journey to the Cloud
   1. The Nature of Cloud Geography
   2. Flawed Thinking: The Cloud Is Just Another Data Center
   3. Flawed Thinking: The Cloud Is Not Just Another Data Center
   4. Flawed Thinking: Your Applications Will All Sit On Your Servers
   5. Phase 1: Dos and Don’ts
3. 3. Phase 2: Beginning Your Journey to the Cloud
   1. 1. Start Small and Gradually Migrate Systems
   2. 2. Test, Test, Test—Prove Everything Before Committing to the Move
   3. 3. Understand Your Performance Expectations
   4. 4. Build a Comprehensive Monitoring Solution
      1. Application Performance Monitoring
      2. User Experience Monitoring
      3. End-to-End Transaction Monitoring
      4. Network Performance Monitoring
      5. Internet Performance Management
   5. Phase 2: Dos and Don’ts
4. 4. Phase 3: Enhancing Your Cloud Solution
   1. Design for Failure at the Network as well as Application Layers
   2. Understand the Cost of Performance and Monitoring as a Core Part of Capacity Planning
   3. Flawed Thinking: Moving to the Cloud Means You Don’t Need an Ops Team
   4. Flawed Thinking: Third Parties are Optimized for You
   5. Phase 3: Dos and Don’ts
5. 5. Phase 4: Maximizing Your Internet Performance: Building a Multicloud Solution
   1. Resilience
   2. Flawed Thinking: Multicloud Has to Be Complex and Expensive
   3. Phase 4: Dos and Don’ts
6. 6. Conclusion