Cloud value can be maximized by looking beyond technology adoption—anticipating new needs and introducing new ways of working to reinvent a business. To extract maximum value from cloud, companies should focus on mastering five practices:
1. Pursuing business and industry advantage;
2. Designing and orchestrating the Cloud Continuum;
3. Unleashing value from data and artificial intelligence;
4. Reimagining operating models and talent; and
5. Mastering cloud economics.