The Role of Experimental Exploration in Cloud Migration for SMEs

Frank Fowley, Divyaa Manimaran Elango, Hany Magar, Claus Pahl

2017

Abstract

The migration of IT systems to the cloud is still a problem, in particular for smaller companies without much cloud expertise. Generally, some expected benefits are defined and an awareness of potential problems does exist to some extent in the organisations. However, this is often not sufficient to confidently embark on a full migration project in the cloud. While discussions and conceptual analyses can help to some extent, we explore here the suitability of feasibility studies with experimental explorations at the core. These studies would typically cost 5% of the overall migration cost based on our use cases, but can help with a reliable risk assessment. It can clarify how much of the expectations and intentions can materialise in the cloud. The cost of the migration, but, more importantly, the cost of operating an IT system in the cloud can be estimated. Using a feasibility study with an experimental core based on a partial prototype delivers much more reliable figures regarding configurations, quality-of-service and costing than a theoretical analysis could deliver.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fowley F., Elango D., Magar H. and Pahl C. (2017). The Role of Experimental Exploration in Cloud Migration for SMEs . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-243-1, pages 329-334. DOI: 10.5220/0006234503290334

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer17,
author={Frank Fowley and Divyaa Manimaran Elango and Hany Magar and Claus Pahl},
title={The Role of Experimental Exploration in Cloud Migration for SMEs},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2017},
pages={329-334},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006234503290334},
isbn={978-989-758-243-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - The Role of Experimental Exploration in Cloud Migration for SMEs
SN - 978-989-758-243-1
AU - Fowley F.
AU - Elango D.
AU - Magar H.
AU - Pahl C.
PY - 2017
SP - 329
EP - 334
DO - 10.5220/0006234503290334