What Business Leaders Really Think About Cloud
September 1, 2013
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe McKendrick.
Cloud computing means more than cheaper and better-run IT resources. It means new ways of doing business, many of which have yet to be discovered. But some solid examples of cloud-enabled transformation are now surfacing. Recently, research firm Saugatuck Technology reached out to 53 very senior IT and business leaders using social media tools to gauge how important and impactful cloud (and related technologies such as mobile, social, big data, advanced analytics and sensors) are in driving business innovation.
In a part quantitative, part qualitative study, executives provided views on technologies paving the way for business innovation. About 75% of the respondents are CIOs or CTOs, and more than two-thirds in companies with greater than $1 billion in revenue…
The main takeaway: Executives recognize the cloud means more than very efficient IT. As Saugatuck CEO Bill McNee explains it, top executives recognize that cloud and its related disruptive technologies “is not only about cost savings and internal process improvement, but about innovating the way that companies engage with customers and partners, and in terms of their ability to deploy profitable new business models.”…
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