A Review of Cloud Migration Strategies in the Developing Country

Abstract

According to a recent market study by International Data Corporation (IDC), cloud computing is growing by 19% about consumption, while the failure rate of the cloud adoption stays in the relatively low value of 1%. However, the majority of cloud adoptions are only observed in several developed countries such as Japan, Australia, and the United States. Meanwhile, the developing countries are struggling to overcome several issues that hinder cloud adoption, such as unsupportive policies, cloud migration issues, and conservative business culture. This article reviews certain cloud adoption methods that were initially designed or has been properly implemented for developing countries. Questionnaires consisting of 20 assorted questions were employed as data collection method. The results are then validated by drawing a comparison from the best practice methodologies. The article provides insights of several cloud adoption strategies that are most likely to be successful to be implemented in the developing countries.