Conceptualising Cloud Migration Lifecycle

TL;DR

This paper conceptualizes the lifecycle of cloud migration, highlighting its importance for enterprise systems seeking scalable, dynamic, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the stages and considerations involved in migrating enterprise systems to the cloud.

Findings

Cloud migration lifecycle stages identified

Key challenges and considerations outlined

Framework supports strategic migration planning

Abstract

Many enterprise software systems supporting IT services are characterised by a need for a high computing capability and resource consumption (Armbrust et al. 2010; Buyya et al. 2008; Ko\c{c}ak et al. 2013). Cloud Computing initiatives have received a significant attention as a viable solution to address these requirements through offering a wide range of services, which are universally accessible, acquirable and releasable in a dynamic fashion, and payable on the basis of service usage. Hence, organisations view the cloud services as an opportunity to empower their legacy systems.