ways
Cloud Can Solve Your
Business Problems
NO 1
Challenge: Lack of data-led insights the business.
Outcome: Cloud facilitates faster, easier and more
extensive cross-organisation data sharing which leads
to better decisions.
65%
of Pacesetting adopters are using
cloud to make data-driven,
evidence-based decisions.
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54%
of them use cloud extensively
with analytics to derive insights
from big data.
** Source fig 2. Under Cloud Cover: How leaders are accelerating competitive differentiation
NO 2
Challenge: Limited collaboration inside the
business due to teams operating in silos which
restricts their ability to innovate and improve.
Outcome: Cloud creates a platform to share
and access work on any device anywhere,
anytime, which promotes closer cross-disciplinary
collaboration.
58%
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collaborate across the
organisation and
ecosystem via cloud*
*Source: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
NO 3
Challenge: Squeezed operations budgets
combined with pressure to boost operational
responsiveness and flexibility.
Outcome: Migrate business functions including
messaging, data storage and office productivity
suites to the cloud.
25% 55%
saw a reduction in IT costs
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$
saw an increase in efficiency
from using cloud*
*Source: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
NO 4
Challenge: Keener competition driving the need to
innovate and improve product and service offerings.
Outcome: Better access to information over cloud that
results in richer, data-led customer insights via cloud
platforms to drive innovation, faster prototyping and
deployment of new products and services.
52%
attributes the ability to
innovate products and services
rapidly due to cloud.*
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*Source:
Sources: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
*Source: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
NO 5
Challenge: Workers’ productivity falls when
on the road
Outcome: Working remotely is better and
more reliable through cloud-based platforms.
49%
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saw improvement in
employee mobility, 55%
saw an increase in
efficiency.*
*Source: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
NO 6
Challenge: Disruptive industry or sector-wide
change threatening your existing business model.
Outcome: Cloud implementation can re-invent your
relationships with customers by capitalising on data
to derive new insights. Cloud enables businesses to
be nimble and implement more operational
changes faster.
24%
are able to offer additional
products & services* by tapping
cloud.
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*Source: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
NO 7
Challenge: Your social-media initiatives are not
tied to business outcomes.
Outcome: Real-time analysis of social media
interactions via IBM Social Sentiment Analysis
gives immediate, actionable customer and market
insights. Large volumes of data can be stored and
analysed when deployed in tandem with a
scalable cloud infrastructure.
60%
of CEOs, on average, expects
social media to be a key
channel for customer
engagement.
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*Source:
Sources: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
*Source: CDW, IBM Center for Applied Insights (from 5 Reasons Businesses Use the Cloud infographic)
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