Want To Become A Digital Enterprise? Cloud Computing Is One Place To Start

Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe McKendrick.

Anyone attending the latest industry conferences, reading the trade press, or viewing analyst reports can be forgiven for thinking that the entire world has suddenly become digitized. But we’re not quite there yet — most organizations are still in the midst of an often painful evolution to shed manual processes and stovepiped systems to bring themselves closer to the digital realm. And the benefits aren’t so clear cut yet.

Going “digital” is today’s call to arms across the business landscape, and the changes being wrought are potentially far-reaching. Becoming a digital business means employing information technology to manage operations, as well as develop and deliver new products and services. As a recent thought leadership piece released by Accenture puts it: “industrial companies are becoming customer service companies. Consumer products companies are becoming Internet companies. Energy companies are becoming information companies. And media and entertainment companies are becoming logistics companies.”…

These changes arising out of the digital and cloud movement has both memorized and terrorized business leaders of every stripe. I say “terrorized” because the ground is shifting beneath everyone’s feet across a range of industries. Newspapers have felt the blow, retailers are being stung, and insurance companies see a new breed of competitors arising out of the Internet stew…

Read more from the source @ http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2014/03/19/want-to-become-a-digital-enterprise-cloud-computing-is-one-place-to-start/

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