Trends Report

Master Business Agility With Cloud Platforms

Three Categories Of Agility Boosters Deliver Organizational And Market Agility

April 13th, 2015
Craig Le Clair, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Craig Le Clair Vice President, Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Elizabeth Cullen , Alex Cullen , TJ Keitt , James Staten

Summary

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) computing and cloud platforms have been around for more than 20 years, with faster and simpler software delivery driving adoption. Speed remains important, but speed is no longer the No. 1 priority. Business agility to fend off digital disruptors now tops the business technology (BT) agenda. Change management, knowledge dissemination, digital psychology, and market responsiveness (i.e., key agility dimensions) are now essential. Forrester identified three categories of cloud agility boosters and compared how the major vendors — Amazon Web Services, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce — address them. Enterprise architecture professionals should use this report to expand their thinking on cloud platforms and develop a strategy for business agility.

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