... and rate of federal agencies adopting cloud computing, the length of their transitions to cloud computing, and the cloud computing model (public, private, or hybrid) will all affect the total ... Because of the cost of parallel IT operations (i.e., cloud and non -cloud) , the shorter the server migration schedule, the greater the economic benefits.These findings, in turn, lead to the following ... and software) to the cloud under each of the three scenarios described above. We compared these costs to the LCCs of the SQ scenario (i.e., no cloud migration). Our model focuses on the costs...