Many organisations treat cloud migration as an endpoint, but this article argues the true value lies in what happens after go-live. It introduces a lifecycle-based modernisation approach that aligns IT budgets, legacy de-risking and business outcomes, rather than simply shifting workloads.Arun Kumar Manoharan, Global Head of Strategy Enablement at UBDS Digital, contributes insight into how mature organisations treat transformation as an iterative journey. He highlights how firms that tie modernisation to measurable KPIs - such as business resilience, cost-efficiency and readiness for AI or ESG goals - see far more enduring impact, pointing to examples such as simplified legacy consolidation delivering 99.93% service continuity for priority services.If you’re still labelling your cloud move as “migration,” this article challenges you to rethink: modernisation is not about moving everything to the cloud. It’s about moving the organisation forward.
