The document discusses the impact of four key megatrends—cloud, mobile, social, and big data—on business transformation. It emphasizes that executives are leveraging these technologies not just for efficiency, but also to drive innovation and differentiation within their organizations. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of multi-megatrend adoption in maximizing transformational benefits and addresses the associated security risks, particularly for mobile and cloud.

1. Business Transformation
Impact of Cloud, Mobile, Social, and Big Data

2. Digital Transformation in Business
• The four megatrends of technology – cloud, mobile, social, and big data – have clear impact
on business transformation process
• According to Harvard Business Review executives are deploying megatrend technologies not
only to boost efficiency or cut costs, they’re using them to innovate in new and creative ways
• Business executives should be assessing the capabilities of their organization and building a
road map to improve and differentiate those core capabilities with digital technologies

3. Among companies where big data, cloud, mobile, and social technologies are critical parts of the
infrastructure, these technologies are, or will soon be…
Transforming Organizations and How People Work

4. Mobile Connects Employees to Their Work and Each
Other
Benefits of using mobile devices and applications

5. Security Risks are Relative
Data security ranks as an important risk, especially for mobile and cloud

6. Cloud makes Business Flexible and Cost Effective
Benefits of cloud computing

7. Big Data Improves Analysis for Decision Making
Benefits of using big data

8. Social Improves Communication and Collaboration
Benefits of using social technologies

9. Multi-Megatrend Adoption More Likely to Yield
Benefits
Multi-adopters are significantly more likely to view cloud, mobile, social, and big data as having a
transformational impact

10. References
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoftservices/harvard-business-review-report-digital-
business-transformation.aspx
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/about/digital-transformation/