Moves applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premises systems to cloud environments. It addresses aging infrastructure, limited scalability, and the need for more flexible IT operations.
Use cases
72
Examples
60
Industries
12
Timeline
15 mo
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Adoption over time
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57 cases documented across 37 months (Jul 23 – Jul 26), peaking at 16 in July 2026.
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1 so far in August 2026 (in progress, not charted) · 12 earlier cases before Jul 23 not shown
Each column counts every documented case of this type by its publish month, across the full corpus. The in-progress current month is excluded from columns and surfaced separately, and cases published before the charted window are summarized as earlier cases instead of plotted.
3.3Innovativeness3.3/5Differentiated3.3/5 - Differentiated. This is a differentiated but still conventional global infrastructure modernization using CEN, Express Connect, and Kubernetes; comparable to other Alibaba Cloud networking/migration cases rather than a leading-edge AI architecture.
LAWSGROUP, a global apparel manufacturer and fashion conglomerate, needed secure remote management and cloud migration while expanding across APAC during COVID-related travel restrictions.The company migrated mission-critical applications to Alibaba Cloud and used Cloud Enterprise Network, Express Connect, and ACK to build a secure distributed global network and manage containerized workloads.
2.7Innovativeness2.7/5Differentiated2.7/5 - Differentiated. This is a conventional cloud migration with standard elastic compute, object storage, and managed database services. Similar recent Alibaba migration cases cluster around the low-to-mid 2.x range unless they add a novel AI or data-platform architecture, which this article does not show.
IJOOZ is a Singapore-based smart retail and food robotics company that uses AIoT and machine robotics to power the retail and vending industry.The company migrated business-critical retail operations and data workloads to Alibaba Cloud to improve scalability, stability, compliance, storage, and analytics for international expansion.
2.7Innovativeness2.7/5Differentiated2.7/5 - Differentiated. This is a practical cloud migration planning case using standard Alibaba Cloud migration and infrastructure services. Similar recent Alibaba retail migration cases clustered around the low-to-mid 2 band, and this article shows operational improvement rather than a novel architecture or AI workflow.
Com7 Public Company Limited (COM7) operates as an IT products retailer with retail, B2B, service, and online sales activities.The company used Alibaba Cloud Migration Hub's TCO Analyze feature to generate a TCO report in minutes and compare cost savings after migrating to Alibaba Cloud.Com7 also used Alibaba Cloud IaaS and PaaS capabilities to improve scaling, reliability, security, and the performance and stability of digital marketing solutions.
2.7Innovativeness2.7/5Differentiated2.7/5 - Differentiated. This is a practical Alibaba Cloud migration and security-hardening case using standard infrastructure, migration, and analytics services rather than a novel AI architecture. Compared with recent similar Alibaba Cloud modernization cases, it is an incremental-to-differentiated enterprise lift-and-shift pattern.
PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta (PT JAS) migrated its airport ground handling and cargo applications to Alibaba Cloud to simplify IT operations and improve scalability, reliability, and security.The implementation used Alibaba Cloud ECS, ApsaraDB for RDS, Web Application Firewall, Server Migration Center, and Data Transmission Service, with plans to explore MaxCompute and DataWorks for analytics.
2.7Innovativeness2.7/5Differentiated2.7/5 - Differentiated. A practical cloud migration and platform modernization using standard Alibaba Cloud infrastructure services and operational support; similar to recent Alibaba Cloud modernization cases rather than a novel architecture.
Sing Tao News Corporation Limited migrated its offline local data center system to Alibaba Cloud as part of its digital transformation.The company redeployed and operated its news core system using Alibaba Cloud services in Hong Kong, including ECS, RDS, CEN, DCDN, and ApsaraVideo Live.Alibaba Cloud Enterprise Support and a 24/7 dedicated DingTalk group supported migration and run operations.
2.7Innovativeness2.7/5Differentiated2.7/5 - Differentiated. A substantial cloud migration and data-platform modernization with multiple managed Alibaba Cloud services, but it is still primarily an infrastructure move rather than a novel AI architecture. Similar recent modernization cases calibrate it around the low-to-mid 2.x range.
Chainbase migrated its Web3 blockchain data platform to Alibaba Cloud Singapore to improve service speed, reduce infrastructure costs, and support rapid growth.The platform supports more than 200TB of data and uses Alibaba Cloud services for node hosting, real-time data processing, and structured data storage.
2.7Innovativeness2.7/5Differentiated2.7/5 - Differentiated. This is a practical cloud migration and monitoring modernization using standard Alibaba Cloud infrastructure services. Compared with similar recent Alibaba Cloud modernization cases, it is closer to common enterprise lift-and-shift plus observability than to a novel AI architecture.
Garuda Daya Pratama Sejahtera (GDPS) is a technology-based business process outsourcing company in Indonesia.Its BeyondCare workforce management application helps support talent acquisition, performance and suggestion, planning and analytics, learning development, scheduling and deployment, HCM service delivery, and payroll management.GDPS migrated BeyondCare from on-premises infrastructure to Alibaba Cloud to improve monitoring, availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
3.6Innovativeness3.6/5Advanced3.6/5 - Advanced. AWS Transform adds an agentic-AI layer to a VMware-to-AWS migration, which is more advanced than a standard lift-and-shift but still focused on a single modernization workflow. Compared with recent advanced enterprise platform cases, the novelty is mainly in agent-assisted migration automation rather than a broader new operating model.
Service Stream used AWS Transform with SourceFuse to migrate VMware workloads from VMware Cloud on AWS to native AWS services.The project automated dependency discovery, wave planning, and validation for about 107 virtual servers to reduce risk and meet a fixed renewal deadline.
2.9Innovativeness2.9/5Differentiated2.9/5 - Differentiated. This is a conventional cloud infrastructure modernization case with regional networking and elasticity features. It is slightly more involved than a basic lift-and-shift because it combines CDN, CEN, and cloud-native services for airline operations, but it is still an incremental deployment.
Air Macau operates cross-border routes throughout Asia and uses Alibaba Cloud to support its IT and business operations. The airline adopted Alibaba Cloud infrastructure to handle unpredictable traffic surges, improve scalability, and maintain low-latency connectivity across regions.The implementation uses Alibaba Cloud ECS on-demand instances, CDN, Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN), and cloud-native services such as storage, logging, email push, and SMS to accelerate application deployment and support long-term growth.
2.6Innovativeness2.6/5Differentiated2.6/5 - Differentiated. This is a practical regional cloud modernization case centered on latency reduction, migration, and elastic scaling. It is comparable to other incremental Alibaba Cloud gaming infrastructure stories rather than a novel AI architecture.
K-Data, a Vietnam-based cloud reseller, helped a gaming customer scale international operations with Alibaba Cloud infrastructure. The implementation focused on low-latency delivery, improved stability, automated migration and synchronization, and lower infrastructure costs for overseas game players.K-Data said Alibaba Cloud provided a stable domestic network and low-latency global network, including distributed CDN services for game content, to support the customer’s growth.
How many cloud migration use cases are documented?
The AI Use Case Hub documents 72 real cloud migration deployments across 12 industries, with 60 detailed company examples you can browse.
Which industries adopt cloud migration the most?
Cloud migration is most common in Finance (14%), Retail (14%) and Healthcare (13%).
Which countries lead in cloud migration?
United States leads documented cloud migration deployments, followed by Indonesia and Hong Kong.
What technologies are used for cloud migration?
Teams most often build cloud migration with Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Workspace and BigQuery.
What AI capabilities power cloud migration?
Across the documented deployments, the most common capability patterns are Agent (6%), Sustainability (3%) and Multi-agent (1%).
What results do companies report from cloud migration?
Across the 72 deployments reporting outcomes, companies most often cite cost efficiency (51%), speed & agility (49%) and scale & capacity (43%). Where impact is quantified, the strongest evidence is in cost savings: a median −40% across 10 reported metrics.
