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This planning-heavy approach is echoed by practitioners who have learned from both successes and failures. Jason Normanton, Head of Cloud Security Architecture & DevSecOps at Check Point Software Technologies, stresses the importance of comprehensive assessment:“ I’ ve always recommended to do a full inventory of all your applications. You then prioritise which ones you believe will be fit to move to cloud first, and you create what’ s called a wave plan.”
However, even well-planned migrations can face setbacks. The panel discussed several high-profile reversals, where organisations have
“Cloud spending is growing fast – exponentially for some – and it’ s holding businesses back”
James Kretchmar, Global CTO of Cloud Technology Division, Akamai Technologies
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