{"id":2773,"date":"2020-04-30T12:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T08:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:09:34","slug":"top-trends-driving-cloud-adoption-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/top-trends-driving-cloud-adoption-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Top trends driving cloud adoption today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jonathan Wood, General Manager, Middle East & Africa, Infor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nvirtually every industry, organizations of all sizes have reached the tipping\npoint where they\u2019re now recognizing the value of cloud deployment and\nacknowledging that migrating on-premises solutions to the cloud brings many\nbenefits. This is a massive shift from the early days of cloud computing, where\nmany organizations were cloud-shy, worried about security, protecting\nintellectual property, and giving up their heavily modified solutions. Now,\ncloud technology providers have proven the reliability of cloud platforms and\ndemonstrated stringent security, robust capabilities, and ease of deployment\u2014driving\nmore businesses to the cloud than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operating\nin the cloud sets an essential foundation for modernization in today\u2019s digital\nage. For any organization that\u2019s still on the fence, here are some key trends\nto consider that demonstrate why migrating to the cloud is not just a critical\nfactor for conducting business today, but also being ready for how business\nwill be done tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.\nThe need to remove data silos and democratize decisions at all levels:<\/strong> Data in on-premises\nsolutions is often siloed and provides only minimal insight to key\ndecision makers, leaving executives, employees, and partners without direct\naccess to critical information. In contrast, cloud solutions typically\ncentralize data in the cloud, creating a single system of record for an\nenterprise, with data universally accessible and useful. The cloud enables the\nright data to provide the right insights at the right time\u2014in the right\ncontext, form factor, and security model. As a result, organizations are\nempowered to speed decision-making, improve the customer experience, and\nmitigate risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.\nIndustry-specific capabilities are a requirement, not just a \u201cnice-to-have\u201d:<\/strong> Organizations need their\nbusiness solutions to provide industry-specific capabilities so they can\ndeliver best-in-class products and services to their customers. Leading cloud\nproviders preconfigure industry-specific capabilities into their solutions,\ngiving organizations the unique functionality they need, without complex\ncustomizations. This allows an organization\u2019s business systems to be more\nadaptable and provides a long-term platform for growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.\nToday\u2019s workers demand a modern user experience:<\/strong> As a new generation of digital natives\nenter the workforce, they demand technology that is user-friendly and supports\nhow they like to work. This often means software that mirrors the look and feel\nof the mobile and social applications they use in their day-to-day\nlives and that provides immediate access to data and collaboration. Cloud\ntechnology is typically more user friendly for not only employees, but also\ncustomers, partners, and suppliers\u2014essentially, an organization\u2019s entire\nbusiness ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Hybrid cloud deployments take center stage as integration improves: <\/strong>Organizations are looking for solutions that offer choice and efficiency, so they can focus on what truly differentiates them from the competition. The shift to the cloud comes with multiple deployment options. In fact, many of today\u2019s organizations have cloud components<\/a> that are tied to an on-premises core solution set. Over time, an increasing number of deployments will shift from such a hybrid approach to a pure cloud model. Integration technology continues to improve in ease of use, implementation time, and cost of ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.\nTrusting a cloud partner to reduce the risks of cybersecurity threats:<\/strong> With cybercrime seeping into\nvirtually every industry, ensuring that enterprise systems and platforms are\nprotected from the financial impact of security breaches is critically\nimportant. Data breaches cost organizations $3.92 million on average, and\npresent overwhelming vulnerabilities. Industry-leading cloud partners have\ngreater cybersecurity resources available than most organizations could ever\nhope to have on their own. By moving enterprise systems and platforms to the\ncloud, organizations can effectively hand off cybersecurity responsibilities\nand significant costs to a committed cloud partner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.\nPush for post-sale revenue drives support for subscription-based business\nmodels:<\/strong> In\nthe fast-changing digital age, organizations are looking for ways to\ndifferentiate themselves, meet the evolving needs of their customers, and\nimprove profits by creating opportunities for post-sale revenue. Cloud-based\nsolutions can provide real-time data that\u2019s accessible anytime, anywhere,\nenabling organizations to turn traditional product offerings into services,\nsuch as a subscription-based business model. Such a customer-centric feature\ncan become a differentiator, adding value, building relationships, preventing\ncommoditization, and adding profit. Adopting a subscription-based business\nmodel creates a recurring revenue relationship by charging customers a regular,\ngenerally time-based fee. This approach allows organizations to increase their\nfocus on customer experience while positively impacting the bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The cloud enables the right data to provide the right insights at the right time\u2014in the right context, form factor, and security model. As a result, organizations are empowered to speed decision-making, improve the customer experience, and mitigate risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,1595,9621,10388],"tags":[1072,2516,1284,712,667,814,1290],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-2773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-computing","category-cybersecurity","category-emerging-technologies","category-storage","tag-cloud","tag-cloud-components","tag-cloud_storage","tag-digitization","tag-hybrid_cloud","tag-security_","tag-trend"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/INFOR.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t