Next Pathway Research: 65% of Companies Report Cloud Migration Is a Top Priority

IT Decision Makers Cite Complexity of Moving Legacy Applications as a Major Challenge to Their Migration Efforts

Next Pathway, the Automated Cloud Migration company, announced the results of a third-party study assessing the state of data migration to the cloud in North America. Next Pathway polled nearly 1,000 IT decision makers on their company’s status in the cloud migration process and what they perceive as benefits and challenges.

By a large margin (85%), survey respondents are planning to up their IT budgets for 2021, with cloud migration a priority – 65% of companies indicate the initiative is a top three area of technology emphasis in 2021. Looking at specific applications, IT decision makers cited migrating their data warehouse to the cloud as the most important.

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The key themes revealed in the survey include:

• Cloud migration is a journey – Most companies are in the early stages of moving to the cloud and application migrations to the cloud will be performed over multiple years
• Cloud migration requires careful planning and execution – Companies recognize that moving multiple, complex applications require skilled planning and technical solutions
• The cloud migration services market is expected to grow – Due to lack of skilled internal resources, most companies plan to outsource core cloud migration services

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“The research confirms what we are experiencing in the field,” said Chetan Mathur, CEO of Next Pathway. “Companies recognize that it’s critical to migrate their data to the cloud – the study found that close to 80% of companies trust their applications and data on the cloud more than on-prem. But many have yet to begin their migration journey, due to the complexity of moving multiple applications. But, while that can be true, it doesn’t have to be. Our tools simplify the end-to-end migration journey through automation. From migration planning to code translation and cut-over, our tools have automated the most complex steps in the migration journey, allowing companies to move to the cloud faster and with less risk.

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