The Three Phases of Cloud Adoption

The transformation into the public cloud is a challenge for many companies due to several factors. The services of the public cloud can be technically enabled in a short time. However, to fully exploit the added value of the cloud for the company, a multi-stage process is required. The following chapter describes the three phases of a cloud adoption in a corporate environment. Each stage outlines a maturity level of the cloud transformation. The three phases form the basis for establishing the possibilities of the public cloud both technically and organizationally in an organization. Each of the stages therefore has a different focus. In stage 1, the basics around the cloud strategy are in the foreground. The second stage addresses the optimization of resource usage, particularly in terms of costs. In the third stage, a sustainable cloud operating model is built. The three phases provide an orientation opportunity to identify and classify the maturity level of your company in the cloud transformation.