How to use cloud successfully : Assess your infrastructure and know your workflow : before you migrate any of your company ’ s files and data to the cloud , take time to conduct an inventory . This inventory includes your information technology ( IT ) infrastructure and organisations ’ workflow , as well as an understanding and classification of the types of files ranging from pre-job documentation to job completion ( i . e . computeraided design ( CAD ) software , cost assessment , occupational safety and health administration ( OSHA ) documentation , etc .). Once you ’ ve completed your inventory list , determine how all of the tools are used , who uses them and where they currently reside . Many times , IT will discover that different lines of business are already putting critical files in the cloud , but they live in various places that your IT staff cannot manage , monitor , secure , or even access . It ’ s important to develop an approach that includes applications and files that are appropriate for the external cloud and which are not ,
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