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Written by Nicki Pereira, Chief Technology Officer of Zettagrid  : Migrating to the cloud, like all other strategic projects, should be a methodical planned exercise. As with all technology undertakings, proper due diligence, planning, testing and re-testing should take place before the actual migration starts. A good migration strategy should always contain: •    A full analysis of the undertaking with a detailed project plan with all the necessary project management controls •    A financial analysis of the true costs before the migration commences which should include the once-off project costs as well as the regular cloud costs that the

Written by Nicki Pereira, Chief Technology Officer of Zettagrid  : Businesses today rely heavily on their IT systems and there are very few businesses that will not be severely impacted by an incident which results in unplanned IT downtime IT infrastructure, the applications that run on the Infrastructure and the data that is created through the business applications are the essential life force of modern businesses today. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity are not new concepts in organisational risk management. The growth of cloud solutions has created the opportunity for organisations to leverage the cloud to provide them an essential risk

Written by Nicki Pereira, Chief Technology Officer of Zettagrid  : There is a common misconception that the migration of services to a cloud provider means that businesses hand the keys of responsibility over to their new virtual landlord. However, understanding the threats to your business and what your service partner should be making you aware of has never been more important. The reality facing organisations of all sizes is a lack of resources or expertise around their increasingly complex cloud or hybrid environment. Naturally, most businesses are turning to their providers for both protection and leadership. When the ‘WannaCry’ ransomware