Migrating the organisational technology estate to the cloud is about more than changing technology platforms. Cloud migration is in fact the move to a completely different way of operating the business, it will change how the business is managed, the business processes, the pace, types of products, development cycles of products and services. Therefore cloud migration really is a migration, just as people for millennia have migrated to new homes in order to succeed, so too is the move to cloud a migration – a move to a better environment in order to succeed.
Business leaders that try to use the adoption of cloud to force through business change are approaching their challenge from the wrong direction. The pandemic has demonstrated to many organisations that they need to modernise the business processes, build new digital channels and increase the use of cloud computing. But, in the rush to digitise the business, organisations must not miss the opportunity to reassess how it operates and match the right technology to new ways of working and serving customers.