Not long ago, the “lift and shift” approach to cloud migration sounded like the easiest path forward. Take your applications as they are, lift them out of the data center, drop them into the cloud and call it a day.
But organizations that rushed into lift and shift without a good roadmap often ended up disappointed. Instead of unlocking agility, innovation and cost savings, they discovered new headaches: ballooning bills, performance issues and systems that were no easier to manage than before.
Many are now turning to cloud experts like NTT DATA and asking: “Can you fix what went wrong?”
The timing couldn’t be more critical. Ongoing shifts in the market — such as Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition of VMware, whose widely implemented enterprise virtualization software allows multiple operating systems and applications to run on a single physical server — can lead to unexpected base cost changes for organizations as licensing structures change.
At the same time, data center strategies are shifting.
CIOs and CFOs alike are seeing data centers as expensive real estate, not a source of competitive advantage. Add in the relentless pace of AI and its dependence on cloud-native architectures, and it’s clear that standing still is not an option.
