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Key benefits of accelerating digital transformation through cloud
Key benefits of accelerating digital transformation through cloud

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To thrive in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, businesses do not have any option but embrace digital transformation. The Covid-19 pandemic that swept across the world has accelerated digital transformation. Majority of the businesses today are engaged in some form of digital transformation. There has been a dramatic surge in the use of digital technologies as the pandemic forced organizations to speed up their digital transformation efforts. Digital transformation is no longer a choice to support business growth, it has become imperative to thrive in these increasingly innovative and disruptive times.

Digital transformation is nothing but the integration of new technologies into all areas of a business. It covers everything from modernizing applications to building new products and business models and redefining employee and customer experience. The adoption of digital technologies is helping organizations differentiate themselves and meet changing business and market dynamics.

Cloud-powered digital transformation

Cloud adoption is one of the fundamental aspects of embracing digital transformation. Cloud-powered digital transformation enables organizations to keep pace with the digital age and gives them the agility to scale and accelerate their operations. Cloud transformation is all about transitioning an organization’s data, applications, software, or entire IT infrastructure.

Higher operational efficiency

The ability to access critical information from anywhere at any time has become a norm in this digital age. Cloud-based technology adoption provides seamless access to data, enabling real-time collaboration and communication. Cloud adoption also gives IT personnel time to focus on innovation as it reduces the time taken for routine infrastructure maintenance.

Improved agility

Agility is the ability of businesses to adapt to changing market conditions rapidly and cost-efficiently. The cloud-first approach helps businesses to optimize existing systems and processes to increase efficiency and drive growth by reducing time to market, supporting faster innovation, and giving flexibility and scalability to respond to changing business requirements.

Stronger data security

Data security is a common concern for businesses of all sizes as cybersecurity threats are growing at a faster pace than ever before. Data stored in the cloud is less vulnerable to cyber attacks as they are protected through encryption and additional security measures. It makes it difficult for threat actors to gain unauthorized access to data. Along with the security measures, the cloud allows data backups to reduce the risk of data loss and downtime in the event of a disaster.

Improved cost efficiency

Cloud adoption helps organizations to reduce the cost of managing and maintaining IT systems. Operating costs can be reduced by eliminating upfront capital expenditures like purchasing physical infrastructure. Similarly, there can be a reduction in operational costs, maintenance, and upgrade costs. With the pay-as-you-go model of cloud computing, businesses need to pay only for the applications and services that they use. Also, there is flexibility to scale resources as needed.

 

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Author: Aneesh P, Service Delivery Manager - IMS


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