Trends Report

Vendor Landscape: Cloud Migration Services

Focus On A Balanced Sourcing Strategy For Applications Migration

March 28th, 2017
Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst
Bill Martorelli Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Lauren Nelson , Eveline Oehrlich , Michael Caputo , Diane Lynch

Summary

For most enterprises, becoming digital entails migrating applications to the cloud. Clients embarking on cloud migration efforts are increasingly emphasizing speed above all else. Fortunately for them, the ability to move virtual machines (VMs) to the public cloud has become a focus for a growing migration industry, consisting of cloud service providers, tools suppliers, and systems integrators. But should infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals merely "lift and shift" to the cloud? It wasn't long ago that Forrester's guidance favored optimizing applications for cloud characteristics prior to migration to truly optimize them for the cloud. Does rapid lift-and-shift compromise ultimate value or accelerate it by adapting more quickly to cloud's innovation potential? Regardless of the answer, a robust market for services has evolved to suit all preferences.

Want to read the full report?

Contact us to become a client

This report is available for individual purchase ($1495).

Forrester helps business and technology leaders use customer obsession to accelerate growth. That means empowering you to put the customer at the center of everything you do: your leadership strategy, and operations. Becoming a customer-obsessed organization requires change — it requires being bold. We give business and technology leaders the confidence to put bold into action, shaping and guiding how to navigate today's unprecedented change in order to succeed.