2. Business Value of Incorporating Cloud into Your EA

Sharon and her team conducted cloud adoption interviews with C-suite executives as well as business and IT leaders at Distributors, Inc., to further understand their business objectives and requirements. Findings revealed the desire for cloud-sourcing was driven by the lack of in-house resources to deliver products and services to market when needed. Issues pertaining to business and IT performance levels were shared, and high frustration levels were evident among some of the interviewees.

Some of the interviewees displayed confidence that cloud-sourcing was the way to go, but this information was based solely on what they read and from some competitor testimonials. IT leaders were in agreement ...

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