{"id":5187,"date":"2015-02-09T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2015-01-05T08:21:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:21:22","slug":"cloud-computing-businesses-look-to-the-cloud-to-drive-business-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-businesses-look-to-the-cloud-to-drive-business-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: Businesses Look to the Cloud to Drive Business Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses are seeking out cloud solutions to enable faster speed of execution, greater flexibility and scalability of their IT solutions. \u00a0They&#8217;ve found that the cloud is able to help them improve processes and drive business transformation.<\/p>\n<p>A recent KPMG report, <a title=\"Elevating Business in the Cloud report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kpmginfo.com\/EnablingBusinessInTheCloud\/downloads\/2014%20KPMG%20Cloud%20Survey%20Report%20-%20Final%2012-10-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Elevating Business in the Cloud<\/em><\/a>, \u00a0listed the following benefits that C-level said could be derived from the cloud:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cost savings (49%)<\/li>\n<li>Enabling a mobile workforce (42%)<\/li>\n<li>Improved alignment with customers and partners (37%)<\/li>\n<li>More effective leveraging of data to provide insight (35%)<\/li>\n<li>Eases new product development (32%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further the KPMG report makes the following five recommendations for businesses using the cloud:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cloud needs to enable a continuous transformative process that involves all units of the organization<\/li>\n<li>A cloud strategy needs to be driven by upper level executives<\/li>\n<li>A cloud strategy needs to be based on strong leadership and engagement<\/li>\n<li>Business and IT need to work together and contribute equally on the cloud initiative<\/li>\n<li>Metrics that are tied to business objectives should be applied to determine the level of success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Greg Bell bio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rgregbell\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Bell<\/a>, Principal, Advisory, Information Protection at KPMG, <a title=\"Greg Bell on  SaaS cloud disruption\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kpmginfo.com\/EnablingBusinessInTheCloud\/downloads\/2014%20KPMG%20Cloud%20Survey%20Report%20-%20Final%2012-10-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">said that <\/a>&#8220;five years ago data loss and privacy risk\u00a0were primary concerns and contributed to\u00a0slower [cloud] adoption rates. 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