Global study shows legacy decisions, technology and perceptions are impacting innovation and business performance. View the full report, here: http://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/infographics/brocade-digital-transformation-legacy-constraints-wp.pdf

1. Unlocking the Power of
Digital Transformation
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2. Unlocking the Power of Digital Transformation:
Freeing IT from Legacy Constraints
A global study from Brocade that
identifies businesses are missing
opportunities to unlock innovation
more quickly and more effectively due
to legacy technology and historical
misperceptions about
the role of IT departments.
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3. Unlocking the Power of
Digital Transformation
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“ For two decades, legacy IT infrastructure has held back businesses from
innovating on their terms. The IT department
has found itself having to say ‘no’ to new business opportunities far too
often. It wasn’t supposed to be that way.
“ Modern New IP technologies unlock the power of the network
as a platform for innovation and put the IT department in the business
of saying ‘yes’ to the kinds of business opportunities
that surface almost daily in today’s era of digital transformation.
“ The network is the critical key to unlocking the power of digital
transformation and freeing the IT department from the legacy
constraints that are currently blocking innovation.”
Christine Heckart, Chief Marketing Officer at Brocade

4. Unlocking the Power of Digital
Transformation
Overview of findings
• IT leaders and teams are under unprecedented pressure to deliver tangible business
benefits—from increased competitiveness and innovation to productivity and revenue
• However, these IT teams are under a range of constraints, from dealing with legacy
technology to historical misperceptions about the role of IT departments
• These are blocking them from delivering the benefits of Digital Transformation
• .As a result businesses are missing opportunities to unlock innovation more quickly and
more effectively and IT decision ,makers are feeling frustrated
• This is in turn having a negative effect on competitiveness, productivity, innovation and
revenue
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5. Unlocking the Power of Digital
Transformation
• Digital Transformation and Success
• Challenges for IT
• Opportunity for IT
• Conclusions
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Four sections in the report

6. Digital Transformation
Adoption of Digital Transformation Strategies
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87%
ITDMs say their
organization are
adopting
94%
say their CIO and IT managers
feel it is important in order to
achieve business objectives
79%
state that their
organization is restricted
in its ability to support
digital transformation

7. Digital Transformation
Innovation key reason for transformation IT Departments vital
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97%
recognized IT as important to
enabling the organisation to
innovate and grow
44%
say that the innovation
of IT services and
42%
say the introduction of new
technologies are the most
important factors in their IT
team’s KPIs

8. Challenges for the IT Department
Where the time is currently spent
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This restricts the time available to digitally transform their organization.
73%
maintaining
data security
63%
maintaining
legacy systems

9. Challenges for the IT Department
The main obstacles to Digital Transformation
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49% lack of
budget
43% security
concerns
26% inflexible
legacy system
9% nothing is
delaying
26% not having the
right skill sets
22% other
priorities
19% legislative
restrictions
14% lack of
board support
14% lack of board
understanding
21% lack of innovative
attitude within IT
28% internal policy
restrictions

10. Challenges for the IT Department
Leading to frustration in, and with, IT
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84% believe that the CIO and IT management in their
organisation feel limited in how much they can innovate
Almost half (46%) state that their IT department is
perceived as not being able to deliver on some business
needs
91% report that there are issues preventing their IT
department from delivering on current business demands
immediately
Nearly three quarters (72%) of ITDMs feel frustrated that
they cannot readily deliver what is demanded by the
business

11. Challenges for the IT Department
A world of missed opportunities
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7%
33%
47%
13%
All employees think IT always say 'no' by default
Most employees think IT always say 'no' by default
Some employees think IT always say 'no' by default
No employees think IT always say 'no' by default
88% state that there have been situations in the last year
where their IT team has had to defer or decline requests
that would have clearly benefitted the business
53% say that these situations resulted in missing
short-term benefits—and even more, 72% missed long-
term benefits
Three quarters (77%) report that IT leaders in their
organization get frustrated with saying ‘no’ or ‘not yet’
to the business

12. The Opportunity for IT if More Flexible
The benefits of a ‘yes’ from IT
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36%
36%
36%
34%
32%
31%
30%
30%
27%
27%
22%
20%
20%
2%
IT downtime would reduce
Security risks would be reduced
We would be more competitive
Revenue would increase
Better business analytics
Skills could focus on innovation
IT staff satisfaction would rise
Shadow IT would be eliminated
A more iterative approach to IT
IT team resources would be freed
Non-IT staff satisfaction would rise
No more incompatible data silos
Non-IT team resource would be freed
We would not expect any benefits
98% of respondents would expect
to see benefits
One third (36%) would expect the
business to be more competitive
31% expect skills to be more
focused on innovation
30% expect the elimination of shadow IT

13. The Opportunity for IT if More Flexible
Impact on the bottom line
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12% increase in revenue over
the next 12 months
72%
believe they could increase
their revenue
70%
say it could allow them to
decrease their costs
10% decrease in costs
over the next 12 months

14. • Brocade knows from experience, and
this report confirms, how critical IT is to
enabling innovation
• But too many businesses are restricted in their
ability to adopt digital transformation and
drive this change
• It’s clear that if IT departments could spend
less time ‘keeping the lights on’, then they
could devote more time to creating value,
reducing costs, and increasing revenues
• Organisations need to be more fluid with their
uptake and deployment of technology to
secure future business success
Conclusions
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• As companies move to digitize their
businesses they need an underlying
network infrastructure that allows
them to innovate quickly
• The network must become a
platform for innovation to develop,
deliver, and secure applications
• This is best achieved through
implementing network architectures
that are software-centric, open, and
agile, such as the New IP

15. Methodology
630 IT decision makers were interviewed in March 2016
• Respondents came from across the globe:
– US: 200 interviews
– UK: 100 interviews
– Germany: 100 interviews
– France: 100 interviews
– Australia: 80 interviews
– Singapore: 50 interviews
• To qualify for the research, respondents’ organisations could be from any sector, excluding the ‘Other
public sector’ and their organisation had to have at least 500 employees
• IT decision makers were interviewed using an online methodology and a robust multi-level screening
process was used to ensure only appropriate respondents participated in the project
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16. Thank you
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