The Reality of Cloud Repatriation

Beyond Cloud-First Thinking

Cloud repatriation is accelerating as organizations confront the hidden costs and complexities of public cloud deployments. With 86% of enterprise CIOs planning to move at least some workloads back from the cloud, IT leaders need to understand both why this shift is happening and how to avoid the substantial obstacles that repatriation itself introduces.

This white paper examines the real drivers behind cloud repatriation, the challenges organizations face when moving workloads back, and most importantly, how strategic infrastructure planning can prevent costly migrations in either direction.

What You’ll Learn:

• The cost overruns, compliance complexities, and support limitations driving cloud repatriation decisions
• Data egress fees, vendor lock-in complications, and architectural changes that make moving back difficult
• How to build portable applications and choose flexible infrastructure partners
• Frameworks for matching workloads to optimal environments based on business requirements
• Practical approaches to maintaining infrastructure flexibility as business needs evolve