Cloud computing is often seen as the engine behind digital transformation (DX), the sweeping effort across companies of all sizes and geographies to digitize operations in ways that provide the agility needed to enter new markets, serve customers better, offer employees new working models, and overall become more competitive.

This report takes a closer look at global enterprises’ cloud plans, motivators, challenges, and related phenomena affecting their IT infrastructure journeys.

Key Findings:

1. Most enterprises have embarked on a journey to reach their IT operating model of choice: hybrid cloud infrastructure.
2. Global IT teams are planning substantial infrastructure changes.
3. Strategic business outcomes are driving change more so than economics.
4. Respondents running hybrid clouds are planning to focus on driving positive business impact as a result of COVID-19.
5. The global pandemic has raised IT’s profile and fueled cloud adoption.
6. Businesses increasingly rely on multiple public clouds to meet their needs.