Kurt Mayer, an analytics consultant with 15 years of experience working with Oracle products like Essbase, discusses strategies for migrating Essbase implementations from on-premises to Oracle's new Essbase 19c Cloud offering. Key points include that Essbase 19c Cloud provides significant performance improvements over existing on-premises versions. While staying on-premises is still an option, the cloud offers advantages like reduced maintenance costs, access to new functionality, and the ability to leverage the scalability of the cloud. The presentation provides recommendations and a case study of successfully migrating a large insurance company's Essbase environment to the cloud.