[aurelianito]

Given what you explained, it seems to me that the cloud was an excuse given by the new overlords to just get you out off the way. Cloud is fashionable now, but any excuse would work for them. This seems to be a power grab.

[reaperducer]

I don't think it's about power. Because of the way the organization is structured, I am isolated from the IT department.

Moving me out brings no advantages to either part of the org. In fact, it's probably a disadvantage to IT because it has to burn three people from its allocated headcount. Where previously, it had a bonus person that didn't come out of the IT budget.

[guhidalg]

It's always about power and politics when bone-headed decisions like that are made. You correctly identified that _you_ did not report to IT, therefore _you_ were a threat to IT's power. Maybe you could have been re-orged under IT, but they probably saw you as a troublemaker who wouldn't kotow.