Cloud migration without a strategy?
Ergon Airlock has analysed cloud migration in a recent study in collaboration with CIO, CSO and COMPUTERWOCHE.
Gain a brief insight into the interesting findings here. And how you can strategically drive the topic forward in your company with hurdles, but also many advantages.
We could actually be happy: German companies, which are usually accused of lacking a let's-try-it mentality, seem to be ready to just jump in at the deep end when it comes to cloud migration. After all, six out of ten of the companies surveyed in our study are currently carrying out a cloud migration without a strategy. We can only hope that this does not prove to be a costly mistake later on, as costs may gallop away or companies may find themselves in a vendor lock-in.
But there is also light at the end of the tunnel. The good news from this cloud migration study is that almost nine out of ten companies will not consider migrating to the cloud in future without a strategic approach. This also shows that the cloud is no longer just seen as a means of cutting costs, but as a tool to drive the digitalisation of the company. You can read about the other benefits and insights we have gained in this exciting study.
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60 per cent (still) carry out cloud migration projects without a strategy
The key result of this study shows that only four out of ten respondents are currently realising the migration to the cloud on the basis of a strategic approach. However, 34 per cent have now developed a cloud strategy and 15 per cent are in the process of doing so. In most cases, the development is linked to the corporate strategy.
The bad news is that six out of ten companies are currently (still) carrying out cloud migration without a pre-developed strategy. The good news is that almost nine out of ten companies will not consider migrating to the cloud in the future without a strategic approach. Only three per cent have not (yet) developed a cloud strategy or have no plans to do so.
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Off to the cloud with on-premises solutions and in-house developments
Companies have ambitious goals when it comes to cloud migration. Slightly more than seven out of ten respondents (71 per cent) want to migrate 20 to 80 per cent of their on-premises applications to the cloud, 78 per cent also want to migrate solutions developed in-house.
The following picture emerges: 27 per cent of respondents plan to migrate 21 to 40 per cent and 41 to 60 per cent of their on-premises IT solutions to the cloud in the next twelve months. 17 per cent plan to move 61 to 80 per cent of their on-premises applications to the cloud. 19 per cent want to move up to 20 per cent of their legacy systems to the cloud. Only three per cent are not currently planning any cloud migration in this period. So now is the best time to put the topic on the agenda.
Fear of losing control through the cloud is limited
The fear of losing control over applications that have been moved to the cloud is not particularly great. Over two thirds of respondents (67 per cent) believe that they will continue to have a ‘very high degree’ or ‘high degree’ of control.
A sticking point in cloud migration projects and the fear of a possible loss of control is also the issue of (cloud) security. 68 out of 100 respondents say that IT security plays a ‘decisive’ or ‘important’ role in such projects. But watch out: As many as eight per cent state that security is ‘rather unimportant’ or ‘unimportant’ for them.
Dani Estermann, Product Marketing Manager, Airlock says:
No compromises can be made when it comes to cloud security. There is a need for action at the interfaces between zones and services. As there are no longer any internal zones, a zero trust architecture that protects individual services via microgateways is becoming mandatory. Vendor lock-in should be avoided wherever possible.
This study shows you how you can deal with these challenges and start your cloud migration.
If you would like to find out more, you can download the results of the study here.
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