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Cloud Transformation
Cloud as an enabler of Digital Transformation and key business services: current trends analyzed by the Cloud Transformation Observatory of the POLIMI School of Management.
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Objectives of the Observatory
Now in its sixteenth edition, the Cloud Transformation Observatory is focused on developing and spreading knowledge to support companies in leveraging the opportunities of the Cloud, the acknowledged enabler of digital transformation. For the introduction of innovation within businesses and process digitization the Cloud stands out as the model for utilizing technologies enabling to cut costs and reduce time-to-market, making Information Technology ready to respond to business requirements and the rapid changes of the external environment. This makes leveraging the opportunities provided by emerging trends such as Machine Learning, Analytics, and IoT possible for companies, and also capable of managing the entire IT base in a more Agile way. The Observatory aims to analyze available technology tools and understand adoption courses, innovation opportunities, and the impact on the IT system and overall IT management as, for example, in managing Cloud costs and GreenIT impact. In addition, the Observatory also aims to develop analyses of key European and international cloud trends. The goal is to become the point of cultural reference on this topic and foster the development of a community and the meeting of demand and offer of technologies.
Cloud Transformation Observatory Research
As part of Research the Cloud Transformation Observatory aims to:
- quantify the Cloud market in Italy and Europe and identify the main current trends, particularly through a survey of the main European Iaas and Paas providers;
- analyze the European computing scenario, looking at the direction Europe is taking in this sphere;
- analyze the role of the Cloud as enabler of the digital transformation and of main innovative technology trends such as Analytics, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence;
- develop a framewok on the enabling role of the Cloud for AI (e.g., AIaaS Solutions, PaaS, etc.);
- develop a framework on key KPIs to measure the impact of the Cloud on business agility;
- develop a model to manage Cloud costs within organizations;
- analyze the Cloud’s role in the company’s ecological transformation;
- analyze security measures to properly implement the Cloud in the organization:
- understand Cloud adoption courses within companies and the impact of this paradigm on the IT system, focusing in particular on Cloud Migration strategies, and on Hybrid & Multi Cloud;
- understand Hybrid & Multi Cloud Governance models;
- Analyze the state of adoption of Cloud Native architecture across company applications, and the various application evolution strategies;
- understand the transformation of work modes to Agile and DevOps and how these integrate into a secure application development framework;
- understand the impact of the Cloud on the IT Department and what new skills are required;
- analyze the state of adoption of the Cloud within Italian SMEs;
- analyze the current status and evolution trends of the Cloud solution offering market, with particular attention to the impacts that new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, are having on the business model;
- outline the evolution of the supply chain of Cloud solutions, Analyzing main products and/or services.
The Cloud Transformation Observatory Research is based upon an empirical analysis with the use of case studies and involving over 1000 demand-side companies every year, from CIOs of major Italian businesses to IT managers in SMEs and over 350 companies operating in the Cloud solution market.
Lastly, through targeted studies and a cycle of workshops, Research aims to test and consolidate frameworks and methodologies enabling to support companies in the delicate process of migrating information systems to the Cloud.