pilvipohjaisiinkin

Pilvipohjaisiinkin is a Finnish linguistic form used in information technology and business language to refer to cloud-based solutions or systems. It is the illative plural form of the adjective pilvipohjainen (cloud-based), combined with the enclitic particle -kin, which adds emphasis or means “also/even.” The result is a word that conveys transitioning to or including cloud-based options, often with a sense of inclusiveness.

In typical usage, pilvipohjaisiinkin appears in sentences discussing plans, migrations, or comparisons involving cloud-based solutions. For example, a company might say that it can transition to pilvipohjaisiinkin ratkaisuihin (cloud-based solutions) or that a portfolio includes pilvipohjaisiinkin vaihtoehtoihin (cloud-based options). The form emphasizes that cloud-based alternatives are among the considered choices, rather than the only ones.

The term reflects broader trends in Finnish IT discourse, where cloud computing, cloud-native architectures, and SaaS/PaaS/IaaS services are commonly discussed as part of digital transformation, cost optimization, and scalability strategies. While a direct English equivalent depends on context, pilvipohjaisiinkin generally corresponds to “to cloud-based ones” or “to cloud-based solutions,” with the -kin suffix adding emphasis such as “also” or “even.”

See also: pilvipalvelut, pilviratkaisut, pilvi-infrastruktuuri.