# Cloud Migration Process A Survey Evaluation Framework and Open Challenges

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.10725 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2004.10725/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 17 Apr 2020.

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- [An End to End Edge to Cloud Data and Analytics Strategy](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.12296/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Moving mission-oriented enterprise applications to cloud environments is a major IT strategic task and requires a systematic approach. The foci of this paper are to review and examine existing cloud migration approaches from the process models perspective. To this aim, an evaluation framework is proposed and used to analyse and compare existing approaches for highlighting their features, similarities, and key differences. The survey distills the state of the art in cloud migration research and makes a rich inventory of important activities, recommendations, techniques, and concerns that are commonly involved in the migration process in one place. This enables academia and practitioners in the cloud computing community to get an overarching view of the cloud migration process. Furthermore, the survey identifies a number challenges that have not been yet addressed by existing approaches, developing opportunities for further research endeavors.