Authors:
Lukasz Ostrowski
1
;
Markus Helfert
1
and
Huanhuan Xhiong
2
Affiliations:
1
Dublin City University, Ireland
;
2
Cloud Computing Research Centre, Ireland
Keyword(s):
Cloud Computing, Design Science, Cloud Migration Process.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Business Cloud vs. Software Cloud
;
Business Services Realized by IT Services
;
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Deployment Models: Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
;
Cloud Interoperability
;
Cloud Middleware Frameworks
;
Development Methods for Cloud Applications
;
Fundamentals
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Services Science
Abstract:
Cloud computing has become a trend in the Information Systems (IS) field and provides an interesting prospect for the Information Technology (IT) industry. Main reasons why business are moving into the cloud is due to the opportunity for costs reduction, flexibility, and high automation. However, moving all business data into the cloud raises some security concerns. Hence, our work is to determine a business process for migration businesses to the cloud that adds transparency and clarify ambiguities of this move to small-medium business holders. In this paper we describe our approach to design a migration process for small-medium enterprises, therefore following process-oriented reference model in design science research. We present the migration process and underline various migration options and proven methods to increase its adaptation to business.