Planning PrinciplesWhether you call it Digital Transformation, Cloud First or Application Modernization, most businesses are going through some form of transformation to become more competitive in this digital era. According to a recent survey by VMware , 91% of executives agree their major application initiative in 2021 is to migrate and modernize legacy applications. The promise of cloud is its potential in transforming an organization to create and deliver new digital experiences for their end users. Spend ManagementA VMware Cloud environment requires a continuous alignment and collaboration between an organization’s internal IT and financial teams. This collaborative approach is especially important for organizations switching from a Capital Expenditure (CapEx) to an Operational Expenditure (OpEx) model, where infrastructure resource has an amortization schedule, and not a strict termination date. This is a great opportunity for both IT and finance teams to cross-collaborate and evolve their roles and responsibilities to better support the business. Shared Responsibility Model Infrastructure and Application Observability and ServicesWhen planning a cloud migration, it is critical to understand the various infrastructure services that are in use in the current environment and how those services will be consumed and/or rearchitected for use in the cloud.
