{"id":20382,"date":"2019-07-15T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=20382"},"modified":"2019-07-15T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:58:18","slug":"51-of-c-suites-concerned-over-cloud-adaptation-survey-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/51-of-c-suites-concerned-over-cloud-adaptation-survey-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"51% of C-Suites concerned over cloud adaptation, survey suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over half of senior executives (51%) have concerns over their IT department’s ability to govern cloud adaptation, according to a recent survey.<\/p>\n
The report is labeled \u201cDisruption in the C-Suite<\/a>\u201d and focuses on the senior divisions of the digital and tech sector.<\/p>\n Of the 555 questioned in the report, which was taken out by the Financial Times Focus and business management software provider, Apptio<\/a>, about half of these were in CxO (corporate executive) roles.<\/p>\n According to Apptio.com, part of the report looks at how \u201cLeaders at global brands embrace AI, reskilling, cloud, Agile, and de-centralized decision-making to move at hyperspeed and deliver value.\u201d<\/p>\n The survey also revealed that of those using agile practices, less than one-fifth of companies track their results using specific performance indicators.<\/p>\n Adding to this, 47% said that digital transformation has confused what work responsibilities are across the C-suite. The same number of respondents even felt that strategic differences have grown between IT and finance managers<\/a>.<\/p>\n 71% of finance leaders felt in order to develop the change that their business needs, the IT department needs higher levels of influencing skills.<\/p>\nHigher IT influence<\/h4>\n
A world-wide survey<\/h4>\n