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Are you ready to adopt cloud as a business platform?

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Cloud is still evolving. But it has proven to be a scalable, cost-effective way to do computing, and it's becoming the optimal business platform for organizations that are transforming to grow at scale.

It now helps organizations to create new business models, platforms and services. It gives them the agility to prepare for unforeseen events and meet sustainability goals. It makes innovation an everyday activity.

But are businesses making the most of cloud? Our new survey of 500 senior executives in business and IT tells us three important things:

1.

Cloud strategies are having to transform rapidly to keep up with changing business needs and evolving technologies

2.

Not all businesses are using cloud technology to the full—most say they could boost innovation if they used cloud more effectively

3.

Security worries, company culture and skills shortages are holding businesses back

Here, we look at what you can do to make your cloud strategy part of your overall business strategy, the challenges you might face and the rewards that will follow.

Are you ready to make innovation a habit?

Are you ready to adopt cloud as a business platform?

Cloud is still evolving. But it has proven to be a scalable, cost-effective way to do computing, and it's becoming the optimal business platform for organizations that are transforming to grow at scale.

It now helps organizations to create new business models, platforms and services. It gives them the agility to prepare for unforeseen events and meet sustainability goals. It makes innovation an everyday activity.

But are businesses making the most of cloud? Our new survey of 500 senior executives in business and IT tells us three important things:

1.

Cloud strategies are having to transform rapidly to keep up with changing business needs and evolving technologies

2.

Not all businesses are using cloud technology to the full—most say they could boost innovation if they used cloud more effectively

3.

Security worries, company culture and skills shortages are holding businesses back

Here, we look at what you can do to make your cloud strategy part of your overall business strategy, the challenges you might face and the rewards that will follow.

Are you ready to make innovation a habit?

Download the report

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There’s a gap between what businesses are achieving in the cloud and what they know is possible

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Differences of opinion

Business and IT leaders must lead together to get cloud right

Learn why collaboration is crucial →

Powering evolving technologies

Businesses are excited to increase investments in transformative tools

Find out how they are strategizing →

Continuous modernization

Businesses can use cloud to respond to compelling events

Find out how cloud helps →

Maximizing cloud's potential

There’s a gap between what businesses are achieving in the cloud and what they know is possible

See what’s standing in their way

→

Differences of opinion

Business and IT leaders must lead together to get cloud right

Learn why collaboration is crucial →

Powering evolving technologies

Businesses are excited to increase investments in transformative tools

Find out how they are strategizing →

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Cloud is not just about infrastructure—it's a platform that's critical to business resilience and growth.

Kalyan Kumar

Global CTO & Head—Ecosystems HCLTech

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Cloud is not just about infrastructure—it's a platform that's critical to business resilience and growth.
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Kalyan Kumar

Global CTO & Head—Ecosystems HCLTech

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%

of senior executives who have pivoted their business strategy in the past three years say they

couldn’t have done it without cloud

%

of senior executives say their organization is

only just beginning to unlock the potential of cloud

Read Cloud Evolution to find out how cloud-ready you are

View our key findings →
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%

of senior executives who have pivoted their business strategy in the past three years say they

couldn’t have done it without cloud

%

of senior executives say their organization is

only just beginning to unlock the potential of cloud

About the research

In partnership with Longitude, a Financial Times company.

We surveyed

senior executives who reflected business and IT equally

They came from

industries

And

countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC)

We surveyed

senior executives who reflected business and IT equally

They came from

industries

And

countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC)

We also interviewed eight experts:

We thank them for their contributions.

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Raahil Burhaani

Chief Information Officer, Essar Oil UK

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Shyam Enjeti

Executive Vice President, Digital Business, HCLTech

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Sanjoy Ghosh

Executive Vice President, Engineering and R&D Services, HCLTech

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Siki Giunta

Executive Vice President, CloudSMART, Offerings Strategy, Industry Cloud Consulting, HCLTech

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Meg Greenhouse

Senior Vice President, Zalando Technology Foundation

Headshot of Mike Kail

Mike Kail

Chief Technology Officer, PrimaryIO

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Kalyan Kumar

Global CTO & Head—Ecosystems, HCLTech

Headshot of Suresh Sankaran

Suresh Sankaran

Head of Model Risk and Governance, Metro Bank

We also interviewed eight experts:

We thank them for their contributions

Headshot of Raahil Burhaani

Raahil Burhaani

Chief Information Officer, Essar Oil UK

Headshot of Shyam Enjeti

Shyam Enjeti

Executive Vice President, Digital Business, HCLTech

Headshot of Sanjoy Ghosh

Sanjoy Ghosh

Executive Vice President, Engineering and R&D Services, HCLTech

Headshot of Siki Giunta

Siki Giunta

Executive Vice President, CloudSMART, Offerings Strategy, Industry Cloud Consulting, HCLTech

Headshot of Meg Greenhouse

Meg Greenhouse

Senior Vice President, Zalando Technology Foundation

Headshot of Mike Kail

Mike Kail

Chief Technology Officer, PrimaryIO

Headshot of Kaylan Kumar

Kalyan Kumar

Global CTO & Head—Ecosystems, HCLTech

Headshot of Suresh Sankaran

Suresh Sankaran

Head of Model Risk and Governance, Metro Bank

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