I don’t need to go Cloud-Native, do I? The fears of change

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What are the fears of migrating into the cloud?

A decade ago, every project I worked on was hosted in a data center. Cloud wasn’t a big thing for us at this time. When I talk to colleagues in the SME area, I get the following essence out of these discussions, many of which are still the same as ten years ago.

Not in control — data is not safe.

Executives and developers alike are often afraid of the thought to be not in charge of the data anymore. Since all servers and infrastructure is virtually rented somewhere in hidden data clouds. There’s this feeling that “others” may access, change or shut down the system for some reason.

Costs are higher than in a data center.

Yes, the cost factor is always a driving motivator in decision-making. We were shocked when we first calculated the monthly costs of moving our whole data center into MS Azure in a lift-and-shift approach. We would have doubled the monthly expenses.

The effort of rebuilding everything to fit the cloud

A fundamental problem, indeed. Putting time and money for years into monolithic applications leads to massive, immobile solutions in data centers, which are then the foundation of the business.

How do you overcome these fears?

The most important thing is understanding what cloud and cloud-native mean today. The more one learns about modern software architecture, the sooner one will realize that the fears mentioned above aren’t as significant as one might think.

Conclusion

Knowledge and Skillset are crucial to making decisions in modern web development. Thus, the right mindset is vital to continue achieving the skills because the learning journey will never end for junior or seasoned developers.

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Adrian Stanek

CTO @webbar & raion.io | Blogger | CTO-Newsletter | Advocates web-native technologies to become the leading platform for digital businesses