What have organizations been experiencing with their migration to Office 365 during the past year? Will there be a new round of mergers and acquistions – and resulting migrations – once the COVID-19 crisis has ended? What are the key issues to consider during a migration, either from an on-premises solution to the cloud or cloud-to-cloud? What are the biggest problems that organizations experience in migrating to a new platform, especially when they migrate to Office 365?

Join us for this discussion with Mark Kirstein of BitTitan as he shares his insights on these and other issues related to migration.

Organizations are moving to the cloud but according to a recent Osterman Research study, only 14% of companies have completed that transformation. The study clearly identifies data storage as an area where IT can easily accelerate their cloud transformation journey. Potentially more so than any other component, intelligently moving data to the cloud has the opportunity to significantly lower on-premises storage costs without the threat of impacting day to day operations. 

Join Storage Switzerland, HubStor and Osterman Research for our live webinar where we’ll discuss the results of the Osterman Research study, what it means for IT, and how IT can take advantage of that research to leverage the cloud to alleviate data management and data protection concerns. 

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• The vast majority of organizations use public and private clouds
• The leading on-premises email platform, Microsoft Exchange, is being migrated to the leading cloud-based email platform, Office 365
• Cloud infrastructure providers are largely replacing on-premises solutions because they offer lower costs and greater efficiencies, and
• The typical larger enterprise uses more than 1,000 cloud applications.

As migration to the cloud continues, so does the need to migrate data from on-premises platforms to the cloud and between cloud providers. However, this is not a trivial undertaking. Consider:

• Not everything should be migrated to the cloud. Migrating everything to the cloud is not only unnecessarily expensive, but it also increases the risk that data will somehow be compromised and can consume valuable resources, staff as well as put major strains on your networks and bandwidth. While some decision-makers believe that everything should be migrated, it is usually not necessary.
• There are lots of decisions to be made. Decision-makers that are contemplating a cloud migration must decide what, how and when to migrate – as well as what not to migrate. Moreover, they must decide how to manage data that is not worth migrating but must be retained.
• There are lots of problems to solve. Organizations that want to migrate data to the cloud must ensure the integrity of the migrated data, decide how they will continue to access data that is not migrated but retained, and understand how they will migrate very large volumes of data reliably and economically.
• Tape archives must be properly managed. The decision about tape migration is an essential one. Most organizations have large quantities of tape storage for backups and long-term archival of strategic information. However, the issue of tape migration is complicated by the fact that some data on tape in some cases may no longer be accessible due to the age or formats of the systems they were stored in, or the tape source may no longer be supported or available.
• Regulatory issues are critical. Regulatory compliance must be maintained when migrating content to the cloud or any other venue, especially while the migration is in process to ensure full chain-of-custody is maintained.
• Using a single vendor for migration offers benefits. A single vendor with expertise across all types of data migration offers a number of advantages compared to using several different point providers that manage only a piece of the migration effort.

ABOUT THIS WHITE PAPER

This white paper was sponsored by Trusted Data Solutions.

• Strategies for Archiving in Hybrid Environments – December 2017, sponsored by Micro Focus
• Managing the Challenge of GDPR: Osterman Research Survey Results – November 2017, sponsored by RSA
• Osterman Research: Filling in the Gaps in Office 365 – July 2017, sponsored by Agari
• Fake or Real CEO Email? – June 2017, sponsored by Trend Micro and MSExchange
• The Why, the What and the How of the SDDC – May 2017, sponsored by McAfee and VMware
• Strategies for Countering Ransomware, BEC and Spearphishing by Strengthening Your Weakest Link – April 2017, sponsored by KnowBe4

Webinars in 2016

• Updated Trends and Statistics on the Cloud – November 2016, sponsored by dinCloud
• Demystifying Cloud Encryption: Industry Survey Results – October 2016, sponsored by CipherCloud
• Important Considerations When Migrating Archives to the Cloud – July 2016, sponsored by TransVault
• Surprises in Your Data Inventory: Seven Stories from Real Companies – May 2016, sponsored by Acaveo

Webinars in 2015

• Proactive Information Governance for Cyber Security, eDiscovery and Compliance – September 2015, sponsored by HP
• Better Tools Mean Happier and More Productive Workers – June 2015, sponsored by PleaseTech
• The True ROI of Information Governance – February 2015, sponsored by GWAVA

Webinars in 2014

• CloudCON 2014 – Messaging Track – December 2014, sponsored by Voltage Security
• Countering Web Site and Mobile Threats in Real Time – September 2014, sponsored by RiskIQ
• The Growing Need for Mobile Device Archiving – February 2014, sponsored by GWAVA
• Why Social Media Management and Archiving is a Best Practice – February 2014, sponsored by GWAVA

ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY SURVEY REPORT

This survey report presents the results of a primary market research survey conducted with members of the Osterman Research survey panel during May 2016. 

This then is the essence of hybrid cloud: With the benefit of cloud technology, you can move workloads between public and private clouds — or choose a combination of the two.

ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY SURVEY REPORT

This survey report presents the results of a primary market research survey conducted with members of the Osterman Research survey panel during March 2016. 

• Results of a Survey on Archiving and Defensible Deletion Practices (September 2015)
• Archiving, Migration and Compliance in Microsoft Office 365 (July 2015)
• Survey Report on Mobile Archiving (May 2014)
• Best Practices for Email, Web and Social Media Security (January 2014)
• Results of a Survey on Cloud Computing (November 2013)
• Results of a Survey on Microsoft Office 365 (July 2013)
• Security Awareness Training Effectiveness Report (July 2013)
• Managing BYOD in Corporate Environments (June 2013)
• Results of a Survey on Encryption in Mid-Sized and Large Organizations (April 2013)
• Results of a Survey With Email Users (April 2013)
• Results of a Survey on the Use of Email, Social Networking and Other Applications (April 2010)
• Results of a Survey on 2010 Messaging Issues (February 2010)
• Results of an End User Survey on the Use of Communications Tools (September 2009)
• The Importance of Social Networking Tools Relative to Conventional Tools (May 2009)
• Computing Activities in Large and Small Organizations (May 2009)
• The Impact of the Economy on 2009 Spending Plans (January 2009)
• Results of an End User Survey on Communication Issues (October 2008)
• Results of Two End-User Surveys on Email, Attachment and Password Management Issues (June 2008)
• Results of Two End-User Surveys on Messaging and Productivity Issues (April 2008)
• Results of a Survey on Messaging and Application Issues (August 2007)
• A Survey of Email Users (January 2007)

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