Identify and overcome the barriers to cloud adoption so you can grow your business. Expert Advice from LinuxIT.

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TOP 5 BARRIERS
TO CLOUD ADOPTION -
AND HOW TO BREAK
THEM DOWN

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HOW TO BREAKDOWN BARRIERS
TO CLOUD ADOPTION

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THERE ARE ALWAYS BARRIERS TO INTRODUCING
ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY

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BUT THEY CAN
BE OVERCOME
THERE ARE ALWAYS BARRIERS TO INTRODUCING
ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY

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1 BARRIER ONE - NIH* SYNDROME
Organisations have legacy systems they
have developed over many years in response
to their particular needs. Staff who have
developed it, operated it and worked late
into the night fixing it feel an emotional
attachment to it.
* Not Invented Here

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1 BARRIER ONE - NIH* SYNDROME
A Cloud can feel nebulous and remote, almost
like it belongs to someone else.

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1 BARRIER ONE - NIH* SYNDROME
You can’t own a Cloud but a good IT consultancy
will work with your staff and break down
this barrier to Cloud adoption by giving them
ownership of your Cloud-based project.

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2 BARRIER TWO - LOSS OF CONTROL
SysAdmins used to working in the same building
as ‘their’ servers can feel they’ve been demoted
to users on a Cloud system they don’t control or
own at a physical level.

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2 BARRIER TWO - LOSS OF CONTROL
Start small, add some Cloud servers for
non-critical operations. A Linux systems
management specialist can provide the
tools your staff need to operate them, and
training they need to build their careers.
In future they may not have direct access
to the hardware, but they will still be very
much in control of the system.

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3 BARRIER THREE – DATA SECURITY
Compliance and governance strike fear
into executives hearts and are a serious
barrier to Cloud adoption. Once an
organisation has a policy in place and
an in-house system that satisfies the
regulations, change is difficult.

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3 BARRIER THREE – DATA SECURITY
A specialist IT consultancy can help organisations with an existing data centre convert to a hybrid
Cloud setup. Important data remains in-house and less problematic loads such as external
websites, are moved to the external Cloud.

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3 BARRIER THREE – DATA SECURITY
If you outgrow your private Cloud then data can be stored safely in a public Cloud. Applying best
practice defined by the Cloud Controls Matrix will ensure that your data storage is fully secure.

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4 BARRIER FOUR – DATA PRIVACY
Recent revelations about the activities
of security agencies and some large
corporations based overseas naturally make
organisations here worry about who will
have access to their data if it is processed
in a Cloud. Especially if that Cloud floats
off-shore.

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4 BARRIER FOUR – DATA PRIVACY
You can control the physical location
of your data. There are some UK-based
organisations who can provide Cloud
services with a guarantee that your data will
not leave the UK.

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5 BARRIER FIVE – COST
A common barrier to Cloud adoption is cost.
Any service needs to be paid for every year,
whereas traditional in-house provision
is an investment that can be
amortised over many years.

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5 BARRIER FIVE – COST
If you have a data centre, keep it. Linux systems
management specialists can help you transform it
into a private Cloud system so that your operation
is hybrid Cloud enabled. When growth or
changes to the business model mean you
need more space, you can shift some of
the load to a public Cloud. Minimising the
external space keeps costs down and
maximises the ROI of your existing hardware.

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Now that you’ve broken down the barriers to cloud adoption, it’s
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