Data Snapshot

Platform Teams Are The Predominant Way To Staff Around Cloud

February 16th, 2023
Tracy Woo, Principal Analyst
Tracy Woo Principal Analyst
Alexander Soley, Researcher
Alexander Soley Researcher
With contributors:
Lauren Nelson , Arthur Ross

Most enterprises spend more than $1 million on cloud and are operationalizing their approach. Cloud is no longer a sideline, and the old ways — app-aligned silos with centralized IT services handling tickets and post hoc review — don’t serve new cloud and agile development needs. Firms are pivoting to formal teams that proactively build and manage platforms throughout their lifecycle, creating tools and automation to make it easier for people to do their jobs. To support cloud, enterprises most often create infrastructure platform teams — a shift toward permanent platform management teams. This report provides a snapshot of Forrester’s cloud infrastructure data on how enterprises organize around cloud.

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