Lydia Leong’s Post

Repatriation is always a hot topic when on-premises vendors make another marketing push on this false narrative. Gartner surveyed this late last year, and we continue to see no evidence for this as a trend, though certainly we continue to see clients encounter project failures or near-failures. (And I can certainly tell you many tales of woe from badly-thought-out and badly-executed lift-and-shift migration.) I've recently published a lightly updated version of one of my previous notes, with some narrative context on the post-pandemic world, along with some survey data. You can find it here: https://lnkd.in/gs9RmW6N (Gartner GTP paywall). #cloud #IaaS #PaaS #SaaS #repatriation #survey #Gartner #research

I'm going to be blunt: An increasing number of cloud mass migrations are technical successes but business failures -- that is, the applications work, but organizations haven't gotten their desired outcomes. This trend is the result of multiple different types of shifts in the market, and both customers and vendors are at fault. But cloud repatriation (mass migration reversal) is not a thing -- no enterprises are deciding to bring their workloads back on-premises after exiting their data centers in favor of cloud. Instead, organizations endure, revisit or redo ("remigrate") their post-migration situation. The most common missing desired outcome is TCO reduction, and there are four key things to blame: 1. Poorly-conceived migrations (FOMO on provider migration deals, resume-driven migrations, etc.) 2. The deterioration of the cloud MSP ecosystem (useless cloud provider MSP partner badging programs, horrifyingly inconsistent MSP delivery quality, etc.) 3. Systematic oversizing of workloads ("for more headroom") and unwillingness to commit to RIs/saving plans/other commitment-based incentives. 4. Failure to transform operations (since renting cloud IaaS is more expensive than purchasing on-prem assets, TCO reduction must be ops-focused, largely through achieving labor cost savings). I've just finished writing a note tentatively titled "Beware Cloud Migration Cost Traps", coming to you soon (perhaps a month from now, since the Gartner review and production process takes a while). It explores these problems in detail, discusses how to avoid them, and makes recommendations for remediation if you've already completed a problematic migration. I'm interested in hearing from you if you've got a tale to tell about your troubled migration, though! #Gartner #research #cloud #migration #repatriation #IaaS #PaaS #failure #MSP #FinOps

I'm going to be blunt: An increasing number of cloud mass migrations are technical successes but business failures -- that is, the applications work, but organizations haven't gotten their desired outcomes. This trend is the result of multiple different types of shifts in the market, and both customers and vendors are at fault. But cloud repatriation (mass migration reversal) is not a thing -- no enterprises are deciding to bring their workloads back on-premises after exiting their data centers in favor of cloud. Instead, organizations endure, revisit or redo ("remigrate") their post-migration situation. The most common missing desired outcome is TCO reduction, and there are four key things to blame: 1. Poorly-conceived migrations (FOMO on provider migration deals, resume-driven migrations, etc.) 2. The deterioration of the cloud MSP ecosystem (useless cloud provider MSP partner badging programs, horrifyingly inconsistent MSP delivery quality, etc.) 3. Systematic oversizing of workloads ("for more headroom") and unwillingness to commit to RIs/saving plans/other commitment-based incentives. 4. Failure to transform operations (since renting cloud IaaS is more expensive than purchasing on-prem assets, TCO reduction must be ops-focused, largely through achieving labor cost savings). I've just finished writing a note tentatively titled "Beware Cloud Migration Cost Traps", coming to you soon (perhaps a month from now, since the Gartner review and production process takes a while). It explores these problems in detail, discusses how to avoid them, and makes recommendations for remediation if you've already completed a problematic migration. I'm interested in hearing from you if you've got a tale to tell about your troubled migration, though! #Gartner #research #cloud #migration #repatriation #IaaS #PaaS #failure #MSP #FinOps

I'm going to be blunt: An increasing number of cloud mass migrations are technical successes but business failures -- that is, the applications work, but organizations haven't gotten their desired outcomes. This trend is the result of multiple different types of shifts in the market, and both customers and vendors are at fault. But cloud repatriation (mass migration reversal) is not a thing -- no enterprises are deciding to bring their workloads back on-premises after exiting their data centers in favor of cloud. Instead, organizations endure, revisit or redo ("remigrate") their post-migration situation. The most common missing desired outcome is TCO reduction, and there are four key things to blame: 1. Poorly-conceived migrations (FOMO on provider migration deals, resume-driven migrations, etc.) 2. The deterioration of the cloud MSP ecosystem (useless cloud provider MSP partner badging programs, horrifyingly inconsistent MSP delivery quality, etc.) 3. Systematic oversizing of workloads ("for more headroom") and unwillingness to commit to RIs/saving plans/other commitment-based incentives. 4. Failure to transform operations (since renting cloud IaaS is more expensive than purchasing on-prem assets, TCO reduction must be ops-focused, largely through achieving labor cost savings). I've just finished writing a note tentatively titled "Beware Cloud Migration Cost Traps", coming to you soon (perhaps a month from now, since the Gartner review and production process takes a while). It explores these problems in detail, discusses how to avoid them, and makes recommendations for remediation if you've already completed a problematic migration. I'm interested in hearing from you if you've got a tale to tell about your troubled migration, though! #Gartner #research #cloud #migration #repatriation #IaaS #PaaS #failure #MSP #FinOps