Migrating to the cloud is easy with Singtel Cloud

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Migrating to the cloud is easy. Here’s how with Singtel Cloud.

Migrating to the cloud is easy. Here's how with Singtel Cloud.

29 September 2020 | SMB, Digitalisation, Cloud | 5 min read

Just a year ago, few would have envisioned their employees working entirely from home. But in this new normal, many businesses have successfully scaled up their remote workforce overnight – even if they lack the backend equipment to support a fully digital workplace. They have cloud computing to thank for this.

By moving to the cloud, small and mid-market businesses (SMBs) can gain access to the same enterprise-level resources as their bigger peers. These resources include tools and applications such as data storage, servers, databases, networking, and software programmes.

Even then, many SMBs still rely on their legacy equipment for their operations, from accounts to database management systems. This could be a costly decision in the long term as the bills from refreshing on-premise server hardware every few years to the costs of troubleshooting and keeping up with security vulnerabilities stack up. 

Value-creation is in the cloud

The benefits of moving to the cloud are clear: SMBs can do more without on-premises equipment, while enjoying an improved user experience with greater levels of security, stability and availability of their digital applications anywhere, anytime. Cloud services are also much more flexible, scalable and cost-effective as businesses pay only for what they use.

New applications can be rolled out faster in days instead of months, giving SMBs a competitive advantage with an accelerated time-to-market for new products and services. Businesses also no longer have to worry about poor compatibility between their old and modern IT platforms when their applications, data and infrastructure are moved to the cloud.

With Singtel Cloud, SMBs can confidently migrate their on-premises infrastructure to the cloud, as we help them develop and drive the right cloud strategy in stages – from aligning with business goals to migration, operationalisation and optimisation.

Migrate to the cloud with ease - Work with the right partner

Migrating to the cloud can be a complex, time-consuming and risky endeavour, especially for SMBs who lack the expertise in systems integration.

Not sure where or how to start? Leave it to the Singtel Cloud experts, who will work with you to ensure a seamless and successful migration of your Windows Server workloads to the cloud through a simple three-stage approach – planning and adoption, execution, and operation.

  • Step 1 – Planning & Adoption
    We will align with your KPIs and organisational goals when planning your cloud migration. This includes mapping how different apps are connected to each other as part of your current application topology and determining the workloads that will be relocated to the cloud.
  • Step 2 – Execution
    After arriving on an agreed approach, we will design, build and execute your migration workflow that takes into consideration, the different operational and security requirements. We will also provide comprehensive project management to help you monitor the costs, resources, and timelines, in addition to managing the risks, dependencies, assumptions, and issues that may arise.
  • Step 3 - Operation
    We will stay with you throughout your journey in optimising your new cloud migration – from setting and reviewing the baselines for costs, performance and capacity, to ensuring that the cloud deployment remains reliable.

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