7 reasons cloud migrations fail (free online course)

This course from training provider Logical Operations will prepare your organization for a move to cloud computing. The vendor-neutral class covers common reasons cloud migrations fail — and how to manage those risks — plus offers advice on assembling the cloud project team.

By CIO staff

Cloud migrations can fail for a variety of reasons, such as a cloud strategy that isn’t aligned with business goals, cultural resistance or lack of a viable cloud security plan. Managing these migration risks is the focus of a free online course presented by training company Logical Operations Inc., in partnership with IDG Enterprise.

In three video sessions, you’ll learn how to:

Create a migration plan that avoids a variety of problems that could lead to failure.
Assemble a cloud project team (including an executive sponsor) and use collaboration tools to help the far-flung team work together.
Identify the cloud project’s business goals and key performance indicators.

It’s a timely topic: A recent IDG Enterprise survey found that companies anticipate having 60 percent of their total IT environment in public, private and hybrid clouds by 2018.