While the cloud offers organizations greater speed and agility, rolling out its implementation can be difficult. Here are three issues with cloud adoption, according to a May 8 McKinsey article and the top ways to make the transformation seamless and successful long-term.
- One issue with cloud adoption is the lack of focus on its business value. To overcome this, clearly define the business and IT value and how it relates specifically to your organization.
- Having a short-term focus on the transition leads to it being under-planned. To avoid this situation, identify the business processes that need to transform with cloud adoption that could stand to gain value from the transition.
- Avoid having a business as usual approach to the cloud once transformed. Instead, define the underlying services required to ensure that workloads can be hosted as efficiently and effectively as possible.