OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Sept. 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMNG Global (Nasdaq:TMNG), a premier provider of professional services and software solutions to global leaders in the communications, digital media, and technology industries, today released a new white paper entitled "The Challenges of Enterprise Cloud Migration: Successfully Navigating a Bewildering Landscape" (www.tmng.com/cloud-migration). The paper defines the need for a disciplined approach to Cloud migration which includes an operational roadmap, a framework of requirements and best practices, and a solid financial model.
According to TMNG Global, many IT projects fail because of poorly understood requirements, lack of systematic planning and inadequate business cases. But in reality, these factors are symptoms of a more fundamental core issue, namely that migrating an existing enterprise IT application to a new environment, e.g. the Cloud, is a specialized business activity that is difficult to execute unless you have significant experience and use a disciplined approach.
"The sheer complexity of the decision to move to the Cloud, and of the migration itself, amplifies the critical imperative to get the requirements right up front," said Rich Nespola, Chairman and CEO, TMNG Global. "Executives in charge of designing their company's Cloud strategy need to clearly define the applications that should move to the Cloud based upon their business goals and potential opportunities, identify the best practices that should guide their migration process, and evaluate the wide array of Cloud service providers to find the most appropriate partner."
The establishment of an operational roadmap is critical to a successful Cloud migration, says TMNG Global. The development of such a roadmap should be constructed by experts with in-depth operational experience with IT migrations and should include:
- A holistic set of predefined requirements for the business, technical and operational areas that will be impacted by the migration.
- An automated tool that substantially eases the process of constructing RFIs/RFPs and permits unbiased scoring of vendor responses.
- Expert guidance to motivate involvement across all impacted business units.
"A necessary companion to the operational roadmap is a comprehensive financial model that identifies the costs and benefits of a move to the Cloud," said Bill Opet, SVP, Cable, Broadband and Cloud Business Unit of TMNG Global. "Enterprises need to thoroughly quantify all elements relating to the planning, migration and ongoing support for the applications they are moving to the Cloud."
The launch of "The Challenges of Enterprise Cloud Migration" white paper is fourth in a series of Cloud initiatives that TMNG Global has announced in 2011. The company helps clients evaluate and manage the complexities of Cloud enablement.
For a full copy of the report and more information, visit www.tmng.com/cloud-migration.
About TMNG Global
TMNG Global (Nasdaq:TMNG) is a premier provider of professional services to the global leaders in the communications, digital media, and technology industries. TMNG Global and its divisions, CSMG and Cartesian, and a team of more than 600 experts, provide strategy, operations and technology consulting services and technical solutions to more than 1200 communications clients worldwide. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with offices in Boston, London, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. For more information about the company and its services, visit www.tmng.com.
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