As applications and supporting infrastructure age, there comes a time to decide how to move forward. The cloud is at the forefront of each one of those decisions today. With general public cloud offerings like Office 365, comparing costs of existing applications to their newer cloud counterparts is straightforward. But for other applications like a Microsoft Dynamics ERP or CRM solution, the model is more complex due to the range of factors: the conversion of existing licensing, the alignment of support, data security and customizations, the complexity of the solution architecture, and more.
Different cloud models offered as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) add to the challenge of comparing the costs. Some providers charge based on incremental server sizes (e...
