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One of the largest challenges for BMF’s cloud strategy is that the migration process will be complex, both technical- and process-wise. Technically, the migration will involve moving all the codes, data and developers to the cloud model. One of our highest concerns is addressing privacy issues for both company secrets and customer data.

There are also substantial business migration concerns, for example, the BMF’s supply chain processes are executed by non-technical business analysts and stylists. Training (for the new site) is needed for these non-technical users to prepare them for possible differences once the code is migrated. All processes will need to be tested and validated before the new site and supply chain are opened for business. It should be expected that there are difficulties in this process and possibly downtime if the migration process is not tightly managed.

Another concern is the high costs of a cloud solution. The management expects that there will be substantial upfront costs for the technical migration, training and time spent on training their employees. Reoccurring monthly costs will also need to be managed, but that management strategy will largely be dependent upon which ISP is ultimately chosen, as an ISP’s monthly costs can vary due to support tiers, time of day and the amount of data.

Off-premise cloud solutions inherently create a dependence on the ISP. This dependence will be for mission critical systems. In the case of BMF, if their systems go offline, business can suffer. If their systems are hacked, the company’s reputation and trust can be lost. Thus, in the event of such scenarios, businesses have a foundational reliance upon their ISPs. In spite of this, BMF’s management still continues to desire the move due to the obvious benefits.