Migrating Applications to the Cloud in a Cost Effective Manner

Explore strategies for migrating applications to the cloud cost-effectively in this GOTO London 2015 conference talk. Delve into the challenges of on-demand computing, per-hour billing, and elastic scalability as applications transition from traditional data centers to public and private clouds. Learn about agile and lean methodologies, machine learning applications, and the role of developers in cloud migration. Examine Amazon's approach and the 8 Queens Problem as practical examples. Discover insights on performance testing, counterintuitive results, and optimization techniques. Gain valuable knowledge on scheduling, random parameters, and making accurate predictions to ensure a smooth and economical cloud migration process.

Introduction
The underlying problem
Agile and lean
Machine learning
Developers
Amazon
The 8 Queens Problem
Performance Testing
No Silver Bullet
counterintuitive results
how we run the test
latency graph
time wasted
scheduling
random parameters
optimization
predictions