{"id":8520,"date":"2018-07-10T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8520"},"modified":"2018-05-14T06:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:27:23","slug":"digital-transformation-businesses-slow-to-accept-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/digital-transformation-businesses-slow-to-accept-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation: Businesses Slow to Accept Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Transformation?\u00a0 Analysts and consultants like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/embrace-the-urgency-of-digital-transformation\/\">Gartner, EY<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.pwc.com\/en\/products\/digital-fitness.html?WT.mc_id=ps_ggl_02&amp;eq=ps_ggl_02&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-TXBRCHARIsANLixNxRdsGJu9Ua5PGEshsyyRu8D21XOe5p79TWa7HA57C0Ktc_RcKth8QaAmeLEALw_wcB\">PwC<\/a> say that to compete and succeed, businesses need to adopt new technologies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/report\/The+Sorry+State+Of+Digital+Transformation+In+2018\/-\/E-RES142239\">A new survey by Forrester<\/a> though found that digital transformation is happening very slowly.\u00a0 They characterize the progress of organizations as being in a &#8220;sorry state.&#8221; The report found that 84 percent of companies don&#8217;t have people on staff with the right skills to implement digital transformation and less than 20 percent of leaders feel confident that they&#8217;ve adopted the right technology to help them with digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>21 percent of companies say that they&#8217;ve made the digital transformation and are done &#8212; despite the fact that technology is changing at a blistering pace.\u00a0 And another 22 percent say that they see no need to do anything with digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forrester\/2018\/05\/01\/the-sorry-state-of-digital-transformation-in-2018\/#2289a7f019e9\">Areas where adoption of digital technologies<\/a> has been slow include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 31 percent of companies say that security is a top priority for them<\/li>\n<li>Only 17 percent of companies say that they are investing in artificial intelligence<\/li>\n<li>45 percent of companies haven&#8217;t yet invested in SaaS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fdigital-transformation-businesses-slow-to-accept-transformation%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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