Everyone knows about it. Some are terrified of it, others are intimidated by it, and most don’t even have the faintest idea of how it works. Yet, everyone seems to want to get in on the action. What is it? Well, it’s the Cloud, of course.
For several years, Cloud technology has taken the world by storm. Everyone from small business owners to corporate giants has been racing to find unique ways to leverage the Cloud for their bottom line. Rightfully so, considering it’s a fact that companies adopting innovative technologies deepen their relationships with customers and grow commerce – think Amazon, Uber, and Facebook.
Today,72 percent of organizations have at least one application or a portion of their computing infrastructure in the Cloud. Yet, despite all the hype, companies are still fearful because of a range of concerns. I often find myself wondering why we in South East Asia are still reticent about using innovative and intuitive technology within our organizations and within the B2B context.
This is not just my assertion. According to a recent Forbes study, the biggest footprint and growth of Cloud solutions is still in North America followed by Europe.
So why are we slower on the take-up?
Whichever question resonates with you, the facts cannot be overlooked:
So despite all the reticence, there is a compelling Cloud case for change that executives in South East Asia often overlook at their own peril. The quicker companies can adopt and leverage the Cloud correctly, the quicker they can reduce data storage liabilities, lower business costs and increase profitability.
So, how do you make up your mind and decide whether a cloud application is right for you? Here are three things to consider:
There is a huge amount of insight, networking, and information sharing available end of this month at our first Ariba Live in the region, taking place here in Singapore.
This is where you’ll hear from our special guest speakers, some of the best and brightest leaders and experts in business, technology, commerce, and entrepreneurship. Where customers, suppliers, and organizations new to the cloud are invited to share their experience, learn of new developments, and see the power of intuitive and collaborative cloud solutions.
Come and join the debate and find the answer to the question that is holding you back from adopting the cloud and leaping into the future of business.
See you at Ariba Live!
Victoria is a seasoned Sourcing, Procurement and IT practitioner with 19 years of experience. Victoria held leadership positions across Barclays Bank, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Procter & Gamble. She has worked across South East Asia, Europe, and Russia, making use of her fluent English, German and Russian languages. Victoria specializes in large scale change programs, driving optimum IT strategy creation and implementation, evangelizing about the importance of master data and end user adoption as the critical success factors of any change program.
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