Navigating the Cloud: A Strategic Migration Conversation

In this episode of Cloud Dialogues, Matt and Georgia discuss the importance of choosing the right cloud migration strategy to align with your business goals and timelines. They overview the main approaches - rehosting/lift and shift, replatforming/refactoring, and rearchitecting. They also briefly cover other strategies like retire, retain, and repurchase for workloads that may not be migrated. Key considerations for executives are outlined, including cost management, skills development, security, and compliance. Migrating to the cloud provides huge opportunities but requires thoughtful planning. Understanding the range of migration strategies is essential for IT leaders to move their organizations confidently into the cloud.

 

 

00:00 Introduction: Welcoming listeners, introducing topic of cloud migration strategies

 

02:00 Cloud Migration Overview: Definition of cloud migration, the importance of choosing the right migration strategy

 

03:30 Rehosting/Lift and Shift: Definition of rehosting/lift and shift, benefits and considerations

 

10:48 Replatforming/Refactoring: Definition of replatforming/refactoring, benefits and considerations 

 

16:40 Rearchitecting: Definition of rearchitecting, benefits, considerations, and challenges

 

18:30 Other Migration Strategies - Retire, Retain, Repurchase

 

24:40 Key Considerations for Executives:

- Alignment with business goals and timelines

- Cost management 

- Skills development

- Security and compliance