Thriving in a Cloud-Everywhere World

If C-level executives really want to beat competitors at digital transformation, a fundamental re-think of the network and application performance infrastructure is required.

- Nagendra Venkaswamy

It’s official – digital transformation has made the dizzying leap from buzzword to business reality in India, with a recent survey by Cognizant citing that 74% of companies in India are already on their way to digitally transforming their business, while 26% plan to embark on the transformation journey over the next few years. This strategic shift is feeding a boom in spending on IT products and services, with spending in India on cloud technologies alone set to cross $10 bn by 2020 (Source: Zinnov).

Though many technology drivers for digital transformation exist—cloud, mobile, analytics, and social—the cloud stands out. India’s own transformation to become a digital nation and the government’s Digital India initiative are driving exponential growth in cloud, fueled by an expected 3X increase in internet penetration, increased access to enabling infrastructure such as smartphones, easier access to the internet, and a 3X growth in the total number of technology start-ups in India offering affordable, vertical specific innovative cloud solutions.