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Table 9 Categorization of primary studies based on migration type, deployment model and tool support

From: Exploring the factors influencing the cloud computing adoption: a systematic study on cloud migration

ID

Author/Year/Title

Migration Type

Cloud Deployment Model

Framework/Tools Support

P1

Frey et al. (2013a) Search-Based Genetic Optimization for Deployment and Reconfiguration of Software in the Cloud

Cloudify

IaaS

CDOXplorer

P2

Andrikopaulas et al (2013) How to Adapt Applications for the Cloud Environment: Challenges and Solutions in Migrating Applications to the Cloud

Cloudify

SaaS,Iaas,PaaS

…

P3

Fittakau et al (2012)CDOSim: Simulating Cloud Deployment Options for Software Migration Support

Cloudify

IaaS

CDOSim

P4

Menzal et al (2012) CloudGenius: Decision Support for Web Server Cloud Migration

Migrate the whole stack

PaaS,IaaS

CloudGenius

P5

Baserra et al (2012) Cloudstep: A Step-by-Step Decision Process to Support Legacy Application Migration to the Cloud

Migrate the whole stack

NM

…

P6

Vu and Asal (2012) Legacy Application Migration to the Cloud: Practicability and Methodology

Partially Migrate

PaaS,IaaS

…

P7

Frey et al. (2013b) Automatic conformance checking for migrating software systems to cloud infrastructures and platforms

Cloudify

PaaS,IaaS

CloudMIG Xpress

P8

Khajeh-Hosseini (2012) The Cloud Adoption Toolkit: supporting cloud adoption decisions in the enterprise

Partially Migrate

NM

Cloud Adoption Toolkit

P9

Frey et al (2011) The CloudMIG Approach: Model-Based Migration of Software Systems to Cloud-Optimized Applications

Cloudify

PaaS,IaaS

CloudMIG

P10

Frey et al (2011) An Extensible Architecture for Detecting Violations of a Cloud Environment’s Constraints During Legacy Software System Migration

Cloudify

IaaS

CloudMIG Xpress

P11

Mohagheghi et al (2011) Software Engineering Challenges for Migration to the Service Cloud Paradigm

Migrate the whole Stack

NM

…

P12

Lloyd et al (2011) Migration of Multi-tier Applications to Infrastructure-as-a-Service Clouds: An Investigation Using Kernel-based Virtual Machines

Cloudify

IaaS

Eucalyptus

P13

Tak et al (2011) To Move or Not to Move: The Economics of Cloud Computing

Cloudify

IaaS,SaaS

…

P14

Yam et al (2011) Migration to Cloud as Real Option Investment decision under uncertainty

Partially Migrate

NM

…

P15

Chauhan et al (2011) Migrating Service-Oriented System to Cloud Computing: An

Experience Report

Cloudify

SaaS,PaaS. IaaS

…

P16

Zardari et al (2011) Cloud Adoption: A Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering Approach

Partially Migrate

NM

…

P17

Tran et al (2011) Application Migration to Cloud: A Taxonomy of Critical Factors

Partially Migrate

NM

…

P18

Babar and Chauhan (2011) A Tale of Migration to Cloud Computing for Sharing Experiences and Observations

Migrate the whole stack

SaaS,IaaS

…

P19

Tran et al (2011) Size Estimation of Cloud Migration Projects with Cloud Migration Point (CMP)

Partially Migrate

PaaS,IaaS

…

P20

Yu. et al (2011) A Practical Architecture of Cloudification of Legacy Applications

Cloudify

SaaS,Iaas,PaaS

…

P21

Khajeh-Hosseini et al. (2010) Cloud Migration: A Case Study of Migrating an Enterprise IT System to IaaS

Migrate the whole stack

NM

…

P22

Ward et al (2010) Workload Migration into Clouds – Challenges, Experiences, Opportunities

Partially Migrate

NM

Darwin

P23

Hajjat et al (2010) Cloudward Bound: Planning for Beneficial Migration of Enterprise Applications to the Cloud

Partially Migrate

PaaS,IaaS

Cloudward Bound