Data migration, a smart choice.

Over time, organizations have been affected by the loss of information due to human error, viruses, file theft, among other variables. Faced with these common problems, there are mechanisms that organizations can adapt to guarantee the useful life of their data.

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If we talk about protecting data on a low scale, entities can start to adapt simple measures such as; making backup copies, avoiding the use of unknown wifi connections, enabling the use of user authentication. and although these measures are good for the daily exercise, it is possible that some of the aforementioned problems may arise and the durability of our data cannot be guaranteed. So what other measures can organizations take to guarantee the useful life of their data?

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Perhaps this question is one of the most recurrent and often due to lack of knowledge of the tools and / or services, entities do not know what additional measures to take. Now going to a larger scale, a highly recommended practice is the migration to the cloud, because among its advantages we can find:

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Agility in the consultation of information 

At the time of migrating the information and thanks to the services and resources offered by cloud service providers, they facilitate the consultation of data, reducing consultation times and improving the quality of work focused on what really matters to the company.

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Cost reduction 

It may seem impossible that migrating to the cloud can really reduce costs, since the entities already have their servers and adequate infrastructure to store such information, however, the cost reduction is optimized and with greater force, when the servers of the entities begin to be obsolete or what is more common, the storage capacity begins to fall short.

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Increased Security

Having your information stored in the cloud increases security thanks to its services and features, as security is managed through layers making it more difficult for attackers to breach and access your most sensitive data.

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More resources to innovate

When you migrate to the cloud, you can say that you open the door to a new world full of possibilities for improvement and innovation, because cloud providers offer multiple integrated services that help and facilitate the entity in its daily work.

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And although migrating to the cloud brings us even more advantages, it is also essential to mention the disadvantages we can find when adapting this practice in the entities.

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Loss of information

When migrating data, an expert in this area is required, otherwise, the company may lose information due to an interruption in the migration, this due to a bad configuration in the servers.

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Data not available

Although the cloud was created and implemented with the ideology of being able to access information at all times, it is important to consider that like any other service it can present moments of inactivity. Actually, it is rare for this to happen, but it never hurts to consider the possible risks of a migration.

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High costs 

Although we mentioned before that migrating to the cloud considerably reduces my costs and helps me to save, it is likely that when implementing solutions to migrate data these can be very expensive, as this varies depending on the amount and confidentiality with which you need to migrate the data.

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Non-compliance with data protection laws

It is common knowledge that data, due to its high value within the entities, must be protected by regulatory and regulatory laws to ensure the proper use and management of these. Although it is one of the best practices many times it ends up being an impediment in the migration either by the time that the data must be stored or even by the geographic location where they can be stored.

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That is why when using this solution it is important to have a good cloud provider such as Amazon Web Server - AWS which is reliable and secure.

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