One of the outcomes of the pandemic is accelerated adoption of cloud. But whereas cloud was first thought of as a mid to long-term strategy that will take organisations time to adopt – because organisations in Asia have a lot of legacy systems that are simply too complicated to move – statewide restrictions on mobility have forced companies to move up a notch their cloud strategies.And as the dust settles and businesses and people get accustomed to the new way of working, cloud computing is evolving from technology enabler to business disruptor. But to achieve this new status of business disruptor, IT leaders responsible for cloud strategy must understand their organisation’s business strategy first, and then seek opportunities to leverage new and emerging cloud capabilities to accelerate that strategy.Welcome to PodChats for FutureCIO. In this episode, we are joined by Adrian Lawrence, head of Baker McKenzie's Asia Pacific Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group, to talk about winning strategies for cloud migration in 2022 – from a legal perspective.1. What are the three most common challenges faced by organisations considering migrating to (a) private cloud and (b) public cloud? 2. What critical technologies must be in place to facilitate cloud migration?3. What critical skills or experiences or credentials must CIOs look for when considering bringing in external companies to help with the migration?4. When considering a cloud-based DR strategy, what should CIOs remember?5. What is a realistic set of ROI metrics for cloud migration?

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