The promise of the cloud is alluring: infinite scalability, reduced hardware costs, and remote access. However, many business leaders remain hesitant, often due to persistent myths about cloud migration. If you’re considering moving your infrastructure to Microsoft Azure, AWS, or a SaaS platform, it’s time to separate fact from fiction.
Here, we tackle the three biggest cloud migration myths and explain how a managed cloud partner helps you achieve genuine cost savings and efficiency.
Myth 1: The Cloud is Always Cheaper than On-Premise
**The Reality:** Simply “lifting and shifting” your current servers to the cloud often results in a higher bill, not a lower one. Cloud costs are often complex and depend entirely on utilization.
**The Solution:** The true savings come from optimization and governance. A strategic migration involves **right-sizing** virtual machines (only paying for the resources you actually need) and implementing **cost governance policies** (like shutting down non-essential testing environments after hours). We act as your cloud broker, monitoring usage, reserving capacity, and preventing **cloud sprawl** to ensure your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is lower in the long run.
Myth 2: Once We’re in the Cloud, IT Management Gets Easier
**The Reality:** The cloud transfers the burden from hardware maintenance to **configuration and security management**. You no longer worry about failed hard drives, but you *must* worry about misconfigured security groups, unauthorized access keys, and poorly managed data ingress/egress.
**The Solution:** Management complexity changes, it doesn’t disappear. Cloud environments require specialized expertise in governance, identity management (**Azure AD, Okta**), and security configurations. We manage the configuration complexity, ensuring your environment is optimized, secure, and complies with industry best practices, freeing up your internal team.
Myth 3: My Data is Automatically Secure and Backed Up by the Cloud Provider
**The Reality:** This is the most dangerous misconception. The major cloud providers (AWS, Azure) operate under a **Shared Responsibility Model**. They secure the *cloud* (the physical facilities, hardware, and network infrastructure), but **you are responsible for the *data in the cloud***.
This means you must implement and manage your own:
- Data encryption.
- User identity and access controls.
- Data **backup and disaster recovery (BDR)** policies for your files and email (e.g., Microsoft 365 data).
**The Solution:** We implement the necessary third-party BDR tools and policies required to protect your cloud data. We ensure your files are backed up, encrypted, and accessible in the event of human error, malicious deletion, or a ransomware attack—because the cloud provider won’t do it for you.