Cloud is a critical game-changer in industries, rather as an enabler. Digital transformation can be a challenging journey for a business, but the right tools and approach helps the business compete effectively in an increasingly connected world. To attain digital precision, enterprises require strengths that include analytics capabilities, asset and configuration management capabilities, security management, demand and availability management among other capacities. How is cloud fueling digital transformation initiatives in enterprises? Check out this infographic to know more.

1. Key Challenges in
implementing Cloud
HOW CLOUD TECHNOLOGY FUELS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
The Rise of Cloud Technology
Cloud is now well entrenched in business.
Frost & Sullivan estimates:
50%+
US enterprises
now use public
cloud
40%+
growth rate in
IaaS spending
2019
In
IaaS spending
will cross $10
billion
The Rise of
Digital
Transformation:
Predictions for 2020
Gartner Research:
16 -
growth in digital revenues
(in private sector)37%+
Forrester Research
of revenue to be influenced
by digital sources47%+
Research
by IDG on
executives
indicates:
92%consider digital business initiatives as
part of their organizational strategy
63%of executives are on their way to
materializing digital transformation
goals
Why Cloud for Digital Transformation
Cloud fuels digital transformation, because it is:
Organizations take the digital route to:
87%
Enhance customer
experience
86%
Acquire new customers
82%
Drive innovative
business opportunities
78%
Increase flexibility &
decrease costs
Adopting HYBRID CLOUD-The Present Trends
83%
Embrace hybrid cloud to achieve
digital transformation
73%
Accept the role of hybrid cloud in
digital business success
3X
more support for accomplishing
business readiness goals
Faster and
easy-to-use
Less
expensive
Increases
IT agility
$
CLOUD ADVANTAGES IN
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION:
External SaaS delivered applications
Software defined data centers
Externally hosted IaaS
Internally hosted virtual applications
Internal IaaS capabilities
TOP
Developing a coherent cloud
service delivery model
Lack of right technologies
Poor quality of cloud service
Migrating Legacy systems
Seek answers to specific
questions such as:
Automation
• Priorities
• Moving to a structured, agile program
• Tools and capabilities required
• Establishing an architecture
• Institute enterprise-wide DX strategy
• Manage quality of new cloud services
• Retain visibility & control of data
• Dashboards for real-time analysis
• Adequate budget
• Top-management support
• Internal digital transformation
Cloud finance issues
• Adopt a metered & dynamic pricing
model
• Ability to chargeback & fix costs for
each service
Cloud workload issues
• Clarity on portfolio & subscription of
cloud based service
• Clarity on security, service level,
regulatory compliance, volumes, and
cost
CHALLENGE POSSIBLE SOLUTION
REFERENCE
• http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2016/20160120-01.htm
• http://www.information-age.com/industry/services/123459860/cloud-strategies-digital-transformation
• http://www.networkcomputing.com/cloud-infrastructure/digital-transformation-cloud/937781782
• http://www.opengroup.org/IT4IT/overview
• http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/research/asset-free.php/3099/pre/Digital-and-IT-Transformation
:-A-Global-View-of-Trends-and-Requirements-pre
• http://www.gartner.com/imagesrv/cio/pdf/cio_agenda_insights_2016.pdf
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