Market research firm IDC (International Data Corporation) "cloud first" combined with the public cloud to launch innovative digital services. Adding to this figure are approximately 75% of organizations using a softer, "cloud also" , and three out of four companies use the public cloud to manage business processes and digital services in general.
Thanks to this trend, companies can now benefit from tailored solutions that meet specific needs while simultaneously ensuring maximum flexibility, scalability, and time-to-market—the exact opposite of those who still have outdated, rigid, and slow infrastructures.
Indeed, the goal of businesses must be to reach the highest level of maturity, including through the implementation and use of cloud technologies , so as to benefit from the greatest possible return. This is because moving to the cloud makes the company more agile and ready for market changes, as well as simplifying standardization processes and securing the vast amount of corporate data .
Given the potential benefits, the question is no longer when to migrate, but why it hasn't already been done. Below are the results of the analysis conducted by IDC (available on their official website).
According to a 2018 survey of 1,857 companies worldwide , cost reduction is not the top priority for companies at an advanced level of cloud maturity. This may be a starting point for the migration journey, but the greatest benefits lie elsewhere. Nearly 70% of respondents cited improved IT security as the top priority; 65% cited greater business agility as the second priority; and just over 60% cited simplification and standardization of IT infrastructure and application platforms as the third priority. The top five benefits included increased IT staff productivity and faster access to new features.
Source: www.idc.com
