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However, the journey to the cloud isn’t a clear path for most and its complexities are numerous.Some of paths involve migrating apps to the cloud or even replacing the apps altogether so that they are compatible with the cloud environment. The rise of data-intensive apps and infrastructure migrations to the cloud has made digital transformation a high priority for organisations. According to Gartner, 47 percent of CEOs are being pushed to make progress in digital business. But before IT teams depart on their cloud journey there’s just a few issues that they need to understand first.There appears to be a general lack of understanding as to why moving to the cloud actually benefits an organisation. Before IT teams begin to build out their cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud environments, they first need to understand how the infrastructure will impact their data access and related applications. Most companies have thousands of applications and IT often need to relearn or rewrite them before migrating any of them to the cloud. A common example is an application that previously stored data in a network attached storage (NAS) and now needs to speak a different protocol to access object storage in the cloud. A smooth cloud migration requires proper planning and the right platform. Object tieringManaging data in the cloud can be tricky and expensive and IT teams need to find ways to make data highly searchable, especially when cloud environments are becoming increasingly complex. While it’s easy, and mostly affordable to move data to the cloud, getting that same data back out can be exorbitantly more expensive. The accumulation of aged data can lead to a ‘zombie’ cloud service that has little or no utilisation if services are not managed in a timely manner. Zombie clouds accrue costs and contribute to server sprawl. Apply this scenario to a hybrid or multi-cloud context and you can rack up a lot of unnecessary costs. One way to reduce spending on cloud resource...