Market uncertainties related to geopolitical tensions, inflation, supply chain disruptions, and managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are having an impact on business and tech investment priorities. These market disruptions come together into what IDC terms "storms of disruption" that demand business resilience. The impact of these storms is dramatic, but they create an opportunity for organisations to accelerate change. Operational efficiency is now identified as the top business priority, though it is in conjunction with customer satisfaction and innovation.
Bottom line, there is a new business imperative: Don't save your way to victory but look to innovate your way out of uncertainty. For 81% of EMEA organisations, digital innovation initiatives — investments in developing innovative digital products and services designed to disrupt or differentiate the business — are a top priority. Cloud without a doubt is the de facto building block for digital business innovation. The way organisations architect their cloud-native capability dictates how successful they will be in their ability to deliver software-enabled digital products and services at speed. However, to be able to balance digital innovation capabilities with market uncertainties, organisations must address the top challenges holding back software delivery ambitions: team agility, shortage of skills, legacy integration and data classification, ownership, and quality. Robust data architecture is a must, as is database scalability to support cloud-native in an industrial fashion.
On November 8, join an IDC virtual roundtable, co-hosted with Cockroach Labs, to discuss how we can balance innovation with operational efficiency and drive digital business value in the cloud:
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November 8, 2022
14:00 - 15:30 UK TIME
58 Years | 1300 Analysts | 110 Countries
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