Take the Cloud Adoption and Optimization Quiz!

For many organizations, the second or even third wave of digital transformation is occurring—one that favors more thoughtful technology implementations to save money as well as improve user experience. With the fast pace of change in IT, cloud adoption efforts are being accelerated, yet budgets are smaller, forcing organizations to be smarter in their technology choices.

Take this quiz and identify the issues that are most important to you. We’ll instantly deliver content to help you achieve your business goals!

1. What's top of mind when considering your organization’s cloud adoption journey?

We need to meet changing business requirements and do more with less We need to increase the business value of our investment We need to better understand the total cost of ownership of the cloud

2. What is currently your main goal in your cloud adoption journey? We want to:

Unify our enterprise infrastructure and app development on one platform to realize economies of scale or simplify management Better understand our total cloud costs Increase productivity while reducing infrastructure costs

3. What’s the biggest challenge with your current IT infrastructure?

Too many unforeseen cloud services-related costs Too much unplanned downtime Not realizing the true potential value

4. Why is cloud adoption important to your organization?

We want to improve our price-performance We want to increase our overall performance We want to have consistent and predictable costs

5. What would be the biggest benefit in taking the next step in your cloud adoption journey?

Better IT support of Line of Business units to achieve goals

Application modernization via cloud-native technologies More accurate budgeting for future resource costs

6. Which aspect of your organization’s current IT environment needs improvement most?

Cloud costs – too much disparity in monthly billings Infrastructure – too many siloed or inefficient systems IT management – too much time and effort spent on manual tasks

7. What aspect of your cloud adoption journey would create the biggest change for your organization?

Easier management through automation

Higher reliability and greater performance Lower, static monthly charges

8. Which capability would be most important in a cloud platform solution?

Support for all types of workloads

Consistent global pricing Autonomous services

9. What would you most appreciate in a cloud platform provider?

Applications that fit our needs A wide range of deployment options Predictable capital expenditures

10. What are the likely consequences for your organization if you don’t continue your cloud adoption journey?

We will continue to overspend for our cloud resources We won’t be able to address changing business requirements We won’t realize the value of our IT investments