{"id":7540,"date":"2017-07-26T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2017-06-05T06:24:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T14:24:23","slug":"digital-transformation-it-cant-be-done-without-it-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/digital-transformation-it-cant-be-done-without-it-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation: IT Can&#8217;t Be Done without IT Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does Digital Transformation mean to today&#8217;s businesses? \u00a0Technologies like the cloud, analytics, mobile, big data and others come to mind. \u00a0A <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.bmc.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=253321&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=2271091\">report from BMC<\/a> finds that perhaps even more important than any of those, IT automation is key to digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Of IT executives in a BMC survey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 percent said that Digital Transformation is their top priority<\/li>\n<li>89 percent said\u00a0IT automation is critical for their business to achieve Digital Transformation.<\/li>\n<li>73 percent said that if a business does not accept IT automation, the business will likely no longer exist in ten years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmc.com\/corporate\/corporate-leadership.html\">Gur Steif<\/a>, president of digital automation at BMC, said that &#8220;without taking a new approach to IT automation, companies will not be able to overcome the budget, skills, and time constraint challenge&#8230; Only through new digital-first technologies with automation solutions that support hybrid multi-clouds, will CIOs enable their companies to innovate, transform, and accelerate growth by aggressively pursuing a digital agenda that differentiates them from their competitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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