The cloud is now seen as a business accelerator in the Digital era rather than just a rehosting or re-platforming option for Enterprise’s IT operations. Of course, Technology companies have a responsibility to commence with solutions about maximizing the Business Value for their Enterprise Customer.
Cost savings for enterprises are generally cited as the main advantages of adopting cloud computing. However, if we examine the trend of technology-first businesses, we can see that the advantages are in their smooth scalability and massive innovation.
Through the strategic adoption of cloud computing, most technology-first companies have demonstrated that global availability and scalability outweigh another crucial factor called price. In the competitive business world of the future, innovation and adaptability are essential for leading competitors.
We can speculate about two drivers of the innovation in any business are XaaS (Anything as a Service) and IaaS (Infrastructures as a Service)
Enterprises should empower the engineers to develop a better code and deliver the values to their customers. Cloud computing has fundamentally transformed software engineer’s ability to deliver competitive products/systems. The cloud Value proposition is shown in a figure here.
XaaS – helps businesses quickly test out a variety of technological solutions.
IaaS– helps businesses quickly test out a variety of technological solutions.
This is drawing up the leadership teams of businesses who have a digital future roadmap for their company, and public cloud enabling is a crucial tool for realizing this goal. It is possible to imagine cloud providers acting as an infinite resource for an organization’s innovation strategy.
Source : Book “Cloud FinOps” By J.R. Storement & Mike Fuller
