The time it takes from starting a cloud migration initiative to realizing any form of tangible value can be years.
After all, there is a lot to consider.
First, you need to decide what your short, mid, and long-term objectives are.
Then there’s the small task of assessing your entire application estate and figuring out which cloud configuration – of all the instance types, storage options, availability zones, and pricing plans from the major cloud vendors – is the optimal configuration for you.
Then you need to build a migration plan, defining a strategy for each application, complete with Proof of Concept (POC) migrations to work out any kinks in your migration factory.
