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5 Reasons You Need a Partner for Your Cloud Migration

2021/01/25 15:34In Software & Cloud Economics, Consulting Services, Managed & Subscription Services, Direct Customers

Many organizations may be hesitant to connect with a partner for their cloud migration and feel like they can handle everything in-house. However, there are inevitable mistakes that many businesses make that could cost them even more than money than they plan on saving when switching to the cloud.

According to Gartner, over 40% of businesses are overspending in the cloud, and that number is only growing. Partners can leverage their cloud experience and their relationships with certain vendors to help your organization save money and migrate efficiently. If you are still on the fence, here are five reasons you should rely on a partner for your cloud migration.

1. Optimization, Optimization, Optimization

Most of the time, the price difference between getting your cloud services directly from the provider and through a partner is minuscule. Although you can find better pricing through a partner in some cases, as they can leverage specific relationships with vendors. Partners can consistently provide lower costs through mutual negotiation with the cloud provider. Many partners also advise their clients on effective cost optimization techniques and approaches.

2. Let Your Partner Take Care of Your Cloud

A skilled partner has a vast knowledge of different vendor services and can advise your company migration best practices. They will also provide you with consistent migration support and architectural planning. If your organization needs to deploy an application or scale quickly, then your partner can easily take care of that for you. This allows you and your IT staff to focus on your core business, increasing your productivity and reducing the stress of managing and maintaining your cloud applications.

3. Access to Licensing Specialists

Let's be real, while your IT staff is trusted to handle the infrastructure of your company, managing cloud licenses, and Software-as-a-Service applications requires a different skill set. Partners hire people solely to act as licensing and cloud specialists capable of answering almost any question one could conceive. These people are often backed by senior certified solutions architects and experts directly from the vendor. If they encounter a problem they do not know, they know exactly where to find the answer.

4. 24/7 Cloud Support

Most partners offer their clients 24/7 support in the desired local language. This support encompasses everything from issues with the application to random questions regarding your cloud software. The partner provides on-demand skilled, certified consultants and architects to resolve the situation without escalating it to the vendor. Although, a partner can raise the ticket on the customer's behalf directly to the provider if needed.

5. Managed Services and Flexibility

Partners can take on several roles in your organization and will only be as hands-on as you want them to be. Many partners can act as Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and are capable of delivering a complete package of servicesto keep your cloud software up and running 24/7. For example, MSPs handle security monitoring, optimization, analytics, disaster recovery, and much more. They consider things you may not have even considered, and their scope can go beyond the services mentioned earlier. Their ability to manage your entire infrastructure allows you to see what service you would like to have a more direct approach with controlling.

About Crayon

Crayon is a global software and cloud expert. At Crayon, we leverage our expertise in software asset management (SAM) and Cloud consulting services to ensure that our clients' IT estate is optimized to buy only the software you need and use. Optimization with Crayon improves compliance, reduces audit exposure, and lowers software spend.

We are a trusted adviser to many of the world's leading organizations and provide end-to-end licensing, technical and support, and services that allow you to use as much or as little of our capabilities as you need.

Anfernee Bonds - Technical Community Manager