Title :
Cloud modernization assessment framework: Analyzing the impact of a potential migration to Cloud
Author :
Alonso, J. Marcos ; Orue-Echevarria, L. ; Escalante, Marisa ; Gorronogoitia, J. ; Presenza, Domenico
Author_Institution :
ICT-ESI Div., Tecnalia, Zamudio, Spain
Abstract :
Many software companies have in mind jumping into the Cloud in order to take advantage of this technical paradigm as well as the innovative business models associated (such as SaaS). However, taking this leap becomes a hard task since it implies a high uncertainty and a raised risk without knowing when or even if the investment will be recovered. This paper presents the solution proposed by the ARTIST project to assess companies which are considering the migration of their products to Cloud, and provide estimations of the costs, ROI, efforts and migration tasks that this process could imply. The envisioned solution comprises a pre-migration phase through which 1) the maturity (to migrate to Cloud) of the application and the company will be measured, 2) a feasibility analysis both at technical and business level will be performed. In addition to the general approach of the proposed solution, this paper presents the first results obtained by means of a theoretical exercise conducted with the PetStore Java application.
Keywords :
DP industry; business data processing; cloud computing; ARTIST project; PetStore Java application; ROI; application maturity; business level analysis; cloud migration; cloud modernization assessment framework; cost estimations; migration tasks; premigration phase; software companies; technical level analysis; Companies; Complexity theory; Estimation; Measurement; Software; Thin film transistors; assessment; business impact; cloud migration; migration feasibility; pre-migration; technical impact;
Conference_Titel :
Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented and Cloud-Based Systems (MESOCA), 2013 IEEE 7th International Symposium on the
Conference_Location :
Eindhoven
DOI :
10.1109/MESOCA.2013.6632736