CIO Executive Edge: The cloud is a cliff not a slope

In recent discussions with IT executives concerning the cloud an interesting thing has come up – the nature of migration to the cloud. In talking with executives many see their migration to the cloud as similar to migrating to other technologies. The migration path is described as a slope with cloud technologies coming from zero to 100% while existing technologies decline at about the same rate. That type of transition is seen as orderly, smooth, natural, less risky and preserves the option to reverse course and go back. Hence the term migration.