How to plan cloud adoption for your business with Google Cloud?

More and more organizations are adopting Google Cloud services as an essential part of their digital transformation.

While this is a very wise decision, many companies lack the experience necessary to overcome the challenges of migrating to the cloud or incorporating Google Cloud solutions.

According to a survey of 150 organizations around the world, 8 out of 10 companies have problems with their Cloud adoption.

In this article we will talk about the aspects that Apiux Technology experts recommend taking into account. when migrating or adopting cloud technologies, especially from Google.

How to plan for Google Cloud adoption in a startup?

There's no single way to plan cloud implementation, as one path or another depends on the company's level of maturity.

For those companies that are starting the journey to the cloud, it is best to start with a Migration Discovery.

The idea of this process is to map application requirements and details, arrive at a technical approach, and create an appropriate migration strategy.

Using Google Cloud capabilities, it's possible to automatically discover the inventory and dependencies of different workloads, and provide a visual representation of the environments to be migrated.

What type of migration should my company follow?

After performing Migration Discovery, it is ideal to define the migration strategy according to the data obtained and business needs.

The simplest way to adopt Cloud is to change the application infrastructure and deploy them in the cloud. This type of migration is known as Lift & Shift.

At an intermediate level of adoption, a Replatform is more appropriate. This migration changes part of the application's stock, without changing the core architecture. The goal is to improve the application while the cloud migration is being carried out.

Finally, the most complex migration is the Rebuild. It involves rebuilding the application to apply the cloud's capabilities and benefits to the core layer.

The importance of the founding Cloud project

Imagine you want to build your dream home and you're all set to begin construction, but the only problem is you don't know where to start. What would an architect or construction foreman tell you?

I would probably tell him that he should clear the land and prepare everything for build the foundations.

Migrating to the cloud is similar to building a house. It's best to start by building a solid foundation, which in this case is established by a good foundational project at Google Cloud.

The idea behind this project is to define the structure of the projects to be implemented, the environments that will be available, the networks and subnets that will exist for each environment, and the structure of roles, groups, and users.

Within a foundation project, it is also defined which services (APIs) should be enabled and which should not. The recommendation is to always leave only what is strictly necessary.

The founding project does not define the migration strategy, but it does allow:

• Analyze your current and future situation in the cloud of your choice.
• Analyze security in relation to users, roles, and authorizations.
• Analyze the required networking.
• Define the initial service landscape.

As we've seen, cloud adoption with Google Cloud isn't a straightforward process. Many organizations struggle with moving applications that either can't run or are poorly designed.

The cost of the cloud and security challenges are also considerations when adopting this technology.

Apiux Tecnología's cloud migration and adoption specialists have extensive experience helping organizations properly plan their cloud presence.

Contact one of our solutions architects and find out How the Google Cloud can accelerate your business innovation.