Solving today’s biggest enterprise cloud challenges

Greg Stam, Managing Director, AHEAD

Close to 75 per cent of US companies now rely on public cloud platforms, and according to AHEAD’s research, nearly a quarter (21 per cent) plan to move all infrastructure and apps to the cloud.

Achieving peak cloud success means planning for inevitable challenges. These are the toughest hurdles enterprises encounter in their cloud journeys – along with the keys to overcoming them.

Effectively secure the public cloud

Most information security teams struggle to keep up with security events from on-premises environments and have now been thrust into the realm of the public cloud. This presents a threat like never before, fuelled by the adoption of new enterprise platforms at a breakneck pace.

But security doesn’t have to hold back cloud success. Adopt industry standards, take advantage of native cloud services that enhance your security stacks, and automate security with cloud-delivered APIs. With these tactics, security can be a selling point and not a detractor to continued cloud adoption.

Manage costs efficiently

The cloud supports increasingly numerous business capabilities. But too often, cloud and IT as a whole can be seen as a cost-centre, not a business-aligned value centre.

Running IT with a business strategy lens requires CIOs to prove the value of services, account for costs, and drive efficiency. Approaches that include cost optimisation, chargebacks, and cloud spend commitments can transform cloud services into value-driving solutions integral to the organisation’s success.

Get modern applications right with a framework foundation

The demand for effective applications is on the rise. End-users want digital engagement opportunities and organisations want efficiency and performance. But, when it comes to application software, enterprises have a speed problem. Businesses expect no app downtime and no outages, along with frequent delivery of new features. To meet this challenge, enterprises need a framework for tackling greenfield cloud-native app development, legacy app modernisation for cloud, and cloud management.

Establishing a strategic modern applications framework helps organisations build a foundation that guides their journey to modern applications success. And a strategic plan for dealing with these and other challenges puts your organization on the path to cloud success.

Learn more about how AHEAD approaches digital transformation at ahead.com.