Cloud maturity is increasing, but organizations face several challenges during migration that can make it more difficult or expensive. The adoption pattern has evolved due to the pandemic, shifting from storage and applications to optimizing costs as the low-hanging fruit has been migrated.
Key challenges include:
• Understanding application dependencies and mapping critical components for migration planning.
• Ensuring data security, regulatory compliance, and leveraging tools like IaC, CSPM, and CNAPP.
• Modernizing thinking patterns, utilizing approaches like serverless, IaC, and edge computing.
• Challenging assumptions around infrastructure costs, security models, and disaster recovery.
• Critically evaluating migration techniques (horizontal, vertical, or modernization) based on business needs.
• Migrating complex operational technology systems integral to manufacturing processes.
• Overcoming legacy system knowledge gaps and technical debt.
• Addressing talent gaps, change management, and driving user adoption.
Effective cloud migration requires thorough planning, modernizing architectures, leveraging automation tools, ensuring compliance, and managing organizational change.