Digital Transformation has come of age, but analysts agree that the world’s institutions and industries have realized only a small percentage of their digital potential. With digital transformation creating both opportunities and challenges, organizations of all sizes should be asking not only “how” to adopt new technologies and processes… but also “if”, “when” and “why”. In this series, David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum, explores the complexities and outcomes of digitalization and what they mean for your business.

As we kick off 2024, join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 48 of Digital Transformation in Action, where they share trends and predictions for the cloud landscape in the coming year.

Driving Cloud Change in 2024: Trends to Know

With Tradingplatforms.com forecasting that public cloud revenues will jump 26%YoY, it’s time to ask: in 2023, is public cloud the best direction for every business scenario? 

Join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 46 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they take a closer look at the public cloud landscape and its alternatives.

Is Public Cloud the Best Option?

Join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 44 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they revisit cloud security - with a particular focus on security spend and risk management.

Revisiting Cloud Security: Managing Spend and Risk

Join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 43 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they take a closer look at digital culture and ask: can a business really change its culture?

Developing a Digital Culture: Can a Business Change Its Culture?

Join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 42 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they discuss the opportunities - and risks - around AI and the cloud. 

From ChatGPT to AI hyper scalers, this month’s episode will look at:
- What the evolution of AI and the cloud means on a macro level for businesses and employees
- AI use cases
- Security considerations and ethics
- And more

AI + Cloud: Show Me The Opportunity

Join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 41 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they discuss data management in the cloud. 

Topics of discussion will include:

- What cloud data management means in 2023
- The  tools, policies, and procedures that can give organizations control of their business data
- Cloud data management benefits, strategies and risks
- How to effectively manage resources for cloud data management
- And more

Managing Data in the Cloud - Considerations and Advice

Join Alex Hilton, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 40 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they discuss regional cloud ecosystems and ask - 'Does data sovereignty matter anymore?' Topics of discussion will include:

- What business and IT leaders need to know about this growing trend
- The geopolitical concerns that are driving the set-up of new regional and vertical cloud ecosystems and data services
- What a regionally organized cloud (ROC) looks like
- And more

Regional Cloud Ecosystems – Does Data Sovereignty Matter Anymore?

Join Alex Hilton, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 39 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they share crucial considerations when migrating applications to the cloud.

Topics of discussion will include

- Guidance for whether a business should rehost, refactor, revise, rebuild or replace their applications in the cloud
- The risks and rewards for each strategy
- Best practices for a cloud migration strategy that won’t interfere with business as usual
- And more

Considerations for Migrating Applications to the Cloud

Join Alex Hilton, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 38 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they ask if change is coming for cloud and sustainability. 

Topics of discussion will include:

- What sustainability means in the context of cloud and IT infrastructure
- How a business can measure their impact on sustainability and what KPIs to measure
- How much consideration should be given to the hardware side of cloud computing
- What public cloud companies are doing to reduce the environmental impact of cloud computing 
- What to look for when partnering with a sustainable cloud MSP
- And more

Sustainability and “Carbon-Intelligent” Cloud – Is Change In The Air?

Join Alex Hilton, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 37 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they ask 'Legacy IT? Friend or Foe?'.

Topics of discussion will include:

- How businesses can grapple with legacy IT systems in the face of economic challenges, changes in regulation and shifting market conditions 
- If legacy IT can ever be an asset rather than a burden
- Security challenges legacy IT poses and how modernization can put business on the path to a more robust security posture
- The lost business opportunities legacy IT can lead to
- And more

Legacy IT: Friend or Foe?

Cloud computing is quickly evolving from technology enabler to business disruptor. As IT leaders design their cloud strategy, they need to understand their organisation’s business strategy and then look for new and emerging cloud tools that can help to accelerate that strategy. 

As businesses continue to adapt to the digital economy, IT leaders need to be aware of key disruptions in cloud computing, and understand how to leverage those new technologies to help the business achieve its objectives. 

In Episode 36 of Digital Transformation in Action, we’re taking a deep-dive into the future of business, to explore how organisations are leveraging disruptive cloud technologies to optimise their infrastructure, solve real-world challenges and ultimately, drive value to clients. 

Topics for discussion include:

- Hybrid and Multi-Cloud: Overcoming the Data Migration Challenge 
- AI, Machine Learning and Cloud: Towards a Data-Driven Model of Business
- Solving Real-World Business Challenges with Cloud-Based Quantum Computing 
- And more….

How Disruptive Cloud Technologies are Shaping the Future of Business

In organisations across markets, the drive for cloud adoption has well and truly taken off. As this push continues, companies are quickly understanding that without the right tools, collecting vast amounts of data is more hassle than it’s worth. 

With AI tools increasingly being made accessible in the public cloud, there is a major opportunity for organisations to harness their data to optimise operations, improve the customer experience and ultimately, drive value. McKinsey estimates that, across markets, the use of AI tools could create $3.5 trillion and $5.8 trillion per year in value. However, in the context of a serious IT talent shortage, adapting the IT infrastructure sufficiently to be able to leverage those AI tools is becoming increasingly difficult. 

Watch Episode 35 of Digital Transformation in Action, to discuss the potential of AI to revolutionise the role and impact of data in business and explore best practices for integrating AI tools into your IT stack.

Topics for discussion include:  

- The impact of AI on the future of business 
- How AI impacts business intelligence
- Is AI right for you? How to assess the ROI of integrating AI into your IT stack 
- And more…

Maximising the Value of Data with AI

With businesses across industries leveraging cloud technologies to optimise their operations and processes, cloud services have never been in such high demand. As more of the organisation leverages the cloud, IT spends are skyrocketing and organisations are quickly realising the enormous burden that managing and maintaining the infrastructure places on internal developers. 

In response, cloud providers are adapting their service offerings, moving away from the conventional subscription-based model to offer more custom services, tailored to organisations’ individual needs. 

In Episode 34 of Digital Transformation in Action, we're exploring how the cloud industry is adapting its offerings to empower IT teams to accelerate innovation in the multi-cloud world.

Topics for discussion include:

- The cost of digitisation: how IT needs are shifting as company-wide digital transformation initiatives take force
- From subscription to service model: how cloud providers are adapting their offerings to help IT teams accelerate innovation
- Adapting to IT evolution: what does the uptick of as-a-service offerings tell us about the future of business?
- And more…

Adapting Cloud Services to Keep Up with Business Innovation

According to Statista, ‘the total installed base of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices worldwide is projected to amount to 30.9 billion units by 2025, a sharp jump from the 13.8 billion units that are expected in 2021.’ The amount of data that these devices produce that needs to be processed is almost hard to fathom, and cloud alone cannot cope with the sheer number of data sets. Which is where Edge computing comes in.

Edge computing sees the deployment of computing and storage at the location where data is produced, be that a supermarket, a factory or a university. With Edge vs Cloud being a hotly debated topic in recent years, it’s time to address their definitions and how they can strengthen each other - and the businesses that utilize them.

Join Alex Hilton, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum, and guests in this live panel where they do just this and more - including:

- Use cases for cloud and Edge computing in 2022 and beyond
- How cloud and Edge computing can not just peacefully co-exist, but work in synergy 
- Why Edge is no longer just for devices anymore, and what this means for cloud
- How Edge and cloud can work together to help businesses thrive in the AI and 5G era
- And more

Better Together: Exploring Cloud and Edge Computing Synergies

It’s not just enterprises that have transformed their businesses with cloud. Despite the fact that many SMBs aren’t as ready to migrate all their storage, processing and computing needs to the cloud, they’re increasingly getting in on the action - no doubt fuelled in part by the pandemic. 

Analysys Mason's SMB Technology Forecaster predicts that SMB spending on cloud solutions will outpace that on on-premises options by 2024, and as we are now 15 years into what McKinsey terms ‘the cloud revolution’, it’s time to assess how SMBs are taking advantage of cloud transformation.  

In this episode of Digital Transformation in Action, Alex Hilton, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum is joined by experts to share essential strategies for SMB IT leaders who are utilizing the power of the cloud.

Join them to learn:
- The challenges unique to SMBs when it comes to cloud adoption
- Why a hybrid approach may be the best bet for SMBs
- How to tie cloud adoption into better experiences for your customers and employees
- What kind of workloads make sense for private cloud, and which are suitable for public
- How to manage cloud costs and how to incorporate FinOps into your cloud management strategy
- And more

Cloud for SMB: Building Better Customer Experiences

Cloud infrastructures offer seemingly endless opportunities, but this lack of physical boundaries can create problems if organizations aren’t careful. Today’s market is full of cloud providers and solutions, to the extent that IBM estimates that 85% of companies are operating a multi-cloud environment. If left unchecked, this growing network of cloud tools could become a sticky web that drains resources and compromises compliance.
 
For many organizations, cloud networks remain the most efficient way to handle digital operations. Yet this relies on having clear oversight over all activity, as well as a company-wide strategy for cloud management. Learning how to limit cloud sprawl and maximize existing cloud tools is the only way to ensure a positive return on investment, without falling behind the latest developments.
 
Join this episode of Digital Transformation in Action to hear more about cloud sprawl and how to rein it in. 

Our panel will take a closer look at:
- The most common scenarios for cloud sprawl and how to spot it
- How to balance valuable integrations and partnerships, without overextending your network
- Building a cloud management strategy that protects you in the long-term
- And much more!

Building Boundaries: How to Rein in Cloud Sprawl

An increasing number of organizations are deciding to move their digital operations into the cloud, but this is only the first step in a long migration process. Today’s companies are presented with several options on how to get to the cloud and this choice carries seriously high stakes. Get it right and the business will see cost savings and improved performance. Get it wrong and join McKinsey’s estimated 70% of companies whose digital transformation efforts failed.
 
For some, the right choice is to embrace the simplest switchover method, known as “lift and shift.” This maps existing applications directly onto a cloud structure, removing the need to modify the applications themselves and shortening the migration process. Others will prefer a comprehensive cloud native-strategy that requires a lot more development and retraining, but may be a smarter long-term approach.
 
Tune into this episode of Digital Transformation in Action to work out what is the right choice for your organization. 

Specifically, we’ll look at:
- The migration options on the table, whether IaaS, PaaS or SaaS
- The limits, opportunities and best company fits of each approach
- Some of the more common pitfalls that organizations fall into
- And more

Managing Cloud Migration: Lift & Shift or Going Cloud Native?

With multi-cloud, it’s imperative that businesses have an IT infrastructure in place that doesn’t break the bank, cause unnecessary complexity and stress and that meets business goals. It can be tough, though, to picture what this looks like in reality.   

Join David Terrar, CEO of Cloud Industry Forum and guests for episode 46 of Digital Transformation in Action, as they share strategies and advice for a winning multi-cloud set-up.

Bridging the Gap: New Considerations for Multi-Cloud IT Infrastructure

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