There was an interesting post (that was shared by ‘acloudguru’). It very aptly highlights the issues and challenges that are often faced by vendor with platforms that do a cloud migration with a lift and shift approach. There is a “Shot Clock” associated with “Lift & Shift” migration.
There are two options with any cloud migration: “Lift and Shift to cloud” and “build a Cloud Native” application or a platform. The initial cost wins are always there. However, there is a looming Lift and Shift – Shot clock with such applications. It is only a matter of time when that shot clock expires and the initial cost wins wane out completely.
There are three zones for vendor applications and platforms that pre-date the cloud technology adoption
- Forced Zone – New and Competitive product that are built on cloud native architecture force such vendors to move to the cloud. In most cases, they are forced to go with “Lift & Shift” option.
- Denial Zone – The initial cost wins puts the vendors in a denial zone knowingly or unknowingly.
- Reality Zone – Cloud Technology is evolving faster than we think. The “Lift & Shift” vendors find it harder to stay competitive on cloud benefits.
Things to watch out for with Lift and shift migration are:
- More manual processes
- Lack of Training, Ops and Governance
- Rise of New Legacy Poor Practices
- Erosion of initial cost wins
- Brain Drain as Cloud Experts move on to other satisfying options.
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