Defining your cloud adoption motivations is the first step in creating a cloud strategy. This topic discusses the different types of motivations for cloud migration and the business outcomes that align with them.
Categorization of cloud adoption motivations
Many factors drive a company's decision to migrate to the cloud. These factors can be categorized into four dimensions: pursuing new opportunities, mitigating risks, improving efficiency, and controlling costs.
Pursuing new opportunities | Mitigating risks |
Business acquisitions, mergers, and expansion outside China Rapid entry into new business realms Business model transformation Rapid business scaling Collaboration with upstream and downstream industries Shorter go-to-market (GTM) cycles Upgrading technical architecture and building new technical capabilities Improving customer experience
| Preventing asset depreciation during business divestiture Protecting data assets Preventing data breaches Protecting user privacy and security Meeting compliance requirements Improving disaster recovery levels to ensure business continuity Reducing IT supply chain risks Reducing technical complexity
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Improving efficiency | Controlling costs |
Increasing R&D efficiency Agile development Reducing O&M difficulty Integrated R&D and operations (DevOps) Cross-business or cross-departmental collaboration Building a digital organization Using the latest and most suitable IT facilities
| One-time investment in on-premises data centers Operating costs of IT infrastructure IT maintenance and O&M costs Costs of idle resources Risk costs caused by failures Long cycles and high costs of in-house technology development Capital lock-up costs from large-scale CAPEX
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Use the preceding table to analyze your company's challenges. Select the most important motivations for planning and implementing your cloud strategy. Define and describe these motivations in detail, and review them throughout the implementation of your cloud strategy.