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Planning your migration to the cloud, and wondering which cloud is right for you? Our simple assessment tool will walk you through key factors to consider when evaluating cloud service providers. After answering just 10 quick questions, you'll have an unbiased recommendation on the right cloud for your application workloads.

Is your application

An existing application or
off-the-shelf application (EC)

Existing or off-the-shelf applications are often lacking the flexibility to scale based on demand, and redundancy may have to be built in at the hardware level.

A new or custom application
built for the cloud (HC)

Brand new applications are often cloud-native, built using microservices or leveraging APIs from the cloud service provider to automatically scale the application based on demand.

Where Is Redundancy Derived?

Redundancy is derived
at the hardware level (EC)

If there is a failure in the hardware, I need require
redundant hardware to take over.

Redundancy is derived
at the application level (HC)

If there is a failure in the hardware, my application will communicate via API to spin up a new server instance.

Both

What is an acceptable amount of annual downtime for your application?

No downtime (EC)

My application is critical, and my business cannot withstand any application downtime.

Less than 9 hours per year (99% SLA)

While important, my application is not business-critical, and minimal annual downtime may be acceptable.

With what technologies does your IT team have existing expertise?

My team is comprised primarily of infrastructure engineers. (EC)

My team has significant IT infrastructure experience, or is well-versed in working with VMware.

My team is comprised primarily of developers. (HC)

My team has significant DevOps experience, or is well-versed in working with Amazon Web Services or Azure.

Both

What level of tenancy does your application require?

Private, or single-tenancy (EC)

My application requires dedicated resources, or a private cloud option

Public, or multi-tenancy (HC)

Shared resources, or public cloud options, are acceptable for my application

Both

Does your application interact with other physical infrastructure?

Yes

My application interacts with other physical infrastructure, which may affect latency requirements or data ingress/egress costs

No

My application does not interact with other physical infrastructure, therefore I am less concerned about latency and data transfer requirements

What is an acceptable latency time to other infrastructure?

Less than 10ms (EC)

We need to be fast, and can’t withstand any delays!

Greater than 10ms (HC)

While I care about speed, variability in latency is acceptable for my application.

How do you prefer to interact with your cloud service provider’s customer support team?

Via phone, web portal, or in-person (EC)

I expect unlimited phone, web, or in-person support interactions to be included in my service agreement

Via web portal or discussion board (HC)

I expect to interact via an online ticketing system or through a chat or discussion board

How much elasticity of compute resources does your application demand?

Low – medium (EC)

Medium – high (HC)

What is your preferred operating system for your cloud environment?

Windows (EC)

I want support! I prefer that my cloud services provider utilize a vendor-supported operating system

Linux (HC)

I’m DIY! I’m fine with my cloud services provider utilizing a self-supported open source version of an operating system

What is your team’s preferred development platform?

Multi-platform support (EC)

My team has experience working with platforms like Cloud Foundry and Terraform

Provider-specific (HC)

My team has experience working with platforms like AWS Cloud Formation, Azure ARMTemplates, or Google Cloud Service Manager

Both

That’s it!

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From your selections we recommend Application Cloud
Decision Criteria Application Cloud Enterprise Cloud
Application Type
Redundancy Derived
Expected Downtime
Technology Skillset
Platform Multi-Tenancy
Infrastructure Interactions
*Latency Requirements
Customer Support
Elasticity of Compute
Preferred OS
Preferred Development

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