The document discusses the importance of hybrid cloud in enabling digital business transformation for IT and business leaders. A study indicates that companies adopting hybrid cloud are significantly more likely to meet digital readiness goals and derive value from their investments. Key benefits of hybrid cloud include improved business continuity, faster IT services, and increased innovation.

1. Enabling Digital Transformation
through
HYBRID CLOUD
of IT and business leaders report that digital business is among their top IT priorities -
citing business demands and technology innovation as drivers.
"A hybrid cloud is a computing environment which combines a public cloud and a
private cloud by allowing data and applications to be shared between them. When
computing and processing demand fluctuates, hybrid cloud computing gives businesses
the ability to seamlessly scale their on-premises infrastructure up to the public cloud to
handle any overflow - without giving third-party data-centers access to the entirety of
their data." - Microsoft
Digital Business & Infrastructure Readiness
94%
According to a recent study by IDG Research Services, Asia Pacific companies
that aggressively adopt cloud are 3x more likely than non-adopters to be
approaching their digital business and infrastructure readiness goals
view hybrid cloud as important
or critical to enabling digital
business transformation
Enhance customer
experiences, increase
innovation and seize new
business opportunities
Cloud, big data
analytics, mobile, social
media and IoT
Hybrid Cloud for Digital Transformation
90%
have already moved
workloads to hybrid
cloud in alignment
with their digital
business objectives
61% 98%
of hybrid cloud
adopters are
realizing value from
their investments.
Business Case for Hybrid Cloud
89% 87% 87%
Improving Business
Continuity
Enabling Faster IT
Service
Enabling Business
Innovation
86% 84%
Increasing Business
& IT Agility
Enabling mobile and
next-gen apps
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SOURCES:
IDG Research Services - "Global Research: Prioritizing and Acting on Digital Business
Initiatives" January, 2016