How cloud leaders are driving business
growth and competitive advantage
through cloud initiatives.
A 2018 study by Cloud Technology Partners
and CloudHealth Technologies.
Introduction
Secrets of the Cloud Leaders looks at how the best cloud users in the world are
turbo charging their businesses. What’s different about how they run their
cloud programs — are they just blessed with larger budgets, better talent and
in hotter markets?
Rest assured, cloud leaders aren’t necessarily luckier than the rest of us, but
they have landed on a few key strategies that ultimately drive business growth
and competitive advantage. Read on for insight into what those strategies are,
and to learn the 5 steps you can take to apply them.
If you’re thinking that cloud leaders have it all figured out... think again. This
study reinforces that cloud can be challenging, even for those who do it very
well. This makes it even more important to exchange ideas, share best prac-
tices and learn from failures.
Executive Summary
In Q4 2017, CloudHealth Technologies and Cloud Technology Partners (CTP)
surveyed 550 senior managers from global enterprises of 500 employees or
more. All respondents were involved in cloud operations. The questions cen-
tered around their organization, cloud operations, and — most importantly —
how they were faring with a range of operational metrics.
Results were grouped into three camps:
Top-tier / Cloud Leaders: Those who showed the very best results with their
cloud operations.
Bottom-tier / Cloud Laggards: Those who showed the worst results.
To tease out which practices led to the best outcomes, we studied the cloud
operations practices of each tier, with particular emphasis on the top and bot-
tom — i.e. the leaders and the laggards.
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