New report on gaining the ability for cloud agilityThe BPI Network has launched a new report entitled Gain the Ability for Cloud Agility: Assessing Enterprise Capacity to Embrace a Multi-Cloud Strategy, which examines the growing shift of enterprises to a cloud-first IT strategy. Photo by lionel abrial on Unsplash The report highlights that despite significant progress, companies are early in this transition to the cloud and face major challenges, including the need for new cloud skills, concerns about data geo-sovereignty and corporate policy compliance, security and the challenges of implementing a flexible multi-cloud strategy where data can be moved freely to the cloud of choice. It incorporates in-depth interviews with top IT executives from corporations like Viacom, The Coca Cola Company, DHL, Embraer and others. Key findings
“Most companies are moving to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments that mix and match private and public clouds with on-premise systems depending on specific needs,” said Dave Murray, head of thought leadership for the BPI Network. “But these mixed models come with challenges. Our study underscores the need for enterprises to improve their agility to move data across clouds to increase cost-efficiencies, drive better data analytics and performance, and ensure compliance.” “The findings of this study are consistent with what we are hearing from our customers,” said Dixon Doll, Jr., CEO of DBM Cloud Systems. “Our customers are looking for better Cloud orchestration and Cloud data management solutions; particularly the ability to selectively replicate data to the right Cloud end-points to access desired Cloud applications and services.” Download the study at http://www.bpinetwork.org/cloud-agility-report |