Application screening is the first step in identifying whether a specific application is ready to move into the cloud. This is normally accomplished using an interview process, with the system/application owner designed to identify cloud migration readiness and the value a migration could provide. As a data discovery exercise, this process will help identify applications for migration, while ensuring that the existing IT and security architecture is well understood, and this also helps to mitigate many complications that may occur when executing a migration strategy. Interviewers should leverage a consistent set of evaluation tested questions that will help triage an organization's application portfolio. Responses should be analysed with a focus on deciding the following:
- The most appropriate target deployment environment, which varies from physical...