Is your cloud strategy designed to drive innovation?
Take this short, five-question quiz to gauge if it’s time to change how your organization uses cloud to drive business outcomes.
What best describes your organization’s approach to adopting cloud innovation and new cloud technologies?
Your organization’s approach to cloud lays the groundwork for how you’ll adopt and use new technology to drive long-term growth. Roughly 60% of executives surveyed describe their approach as hybrid.
Are you successful in measuring your cloud investments for ROI & business impact?
Progress fuels success, but it’s difficult to measure either if you don’t have clearly defined goals and agreement on how to achieve them. Among the executives surveyed, over 35% strongly agree that their business and IT teams share the same success criteria for cloud initiatives.
What is your organization's approach to platform engineering?
Platform engineering paves the way for modern cloud strategies, enabling internal teams to work smarter, faster and more reliably. In fact, more than 35% of executives surveyed say their organizations have a fully established platform engineering approach.
How confident are you in your IT infrastructure’s ability to support enterprise-wide use of AI & Agentic AI?
Discussions about enterprise AI are moving quickly from proofs of concept to implementation. Over 40% of surveyed executives have made even greater strides and started using AI for mission-critical business processes.
How would you best describe your organization’s engagement with your cloud ecosystem?
The breadth and depth of your relationships with cloud partners can open avenues to move beyond basic partnerships to strategic planning and co-innovation. More than 45% of executives surveyed already work with their cloud providers to design roadmaps and use partner programs for key initiatives.
You are a Cloud Innovation Leader
You’re setting the pace for enterprise transformation. Your cloud strategy is tightly aligned with business goals, and your infrastructure is built to scale innovation—especially in AI.
You are a Cloud Intermediate
You’ve built a strong foundation and are making deliberate moves toward becoming a cloud innovation leader. The focus now is on scaling impact, deepening alignment, and accelerating AI readiness.
You are a Cloud Explorer
You’re in the early stages of cloud adoption or facing barriers that limit progress. Now’s the time to reset your strategy and unlock the full value of the cloud and AI.
The Next Step in Your Cloud Journey
Modernization isn’t a one-time initiative; it’s an ongoing process of building adaptive, AI-ready environments. Leaders from Babson College, MIT Sloan, and IDC, alongside executives from Desjardins and MM Group, reveal how incremental transformation and modular platforms deliver measurable business outcomes in this insightful HBR article.
Learn how organizations like yours are shaping what’s next in cloud innovation.
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Your Path Forward
Cloud transformation is a continuous journey, not a destination. By addressing these key areas, you can unlock the full potential of your cloud investments and create long-term business value. This Kyndryl perspective shares practical insights on how to go beyond migration and drive real business value through continuous optimization, modernization, and innovation.
Read more to see how other cloud leaders are evolving their environments for lasting impact.
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Opportunity to the lead the way
Cloud isn’t just a technology upgrade; it’s a tool for transformation. Addressing these challenges with a well-defined modernization roadmap can give your organization the clarity and momentum it needs to accelerate progress while achieving tangible business outcomes.
According to this IDC study, partnering with Kyndryl helped organizations achieve significant results, including reducing costs, improving agility, and increasing resilience
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