Dell EMC recently announced the results of new research conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) on the benefits of IT Transformation, which validates that IT Transformation can result in bottom-line benefits that drive business differentiation, innovation and growth.
“Today, Indian organizations not only realize the importance of transforming their IT infrastructure to ensure they have a competitively edge and to reduce costs, but they also now know that it is crucial to turn data into business intelligence. This requires an end-to-end IT infrastructure that can manage, analyze, store and protect data everywhere it lives. We believe in giving our customers the ability to make that end-to-end strategy a reality, driving disruptive innovation without the fear of being disrupted themselves. With our expansive set of infrastructure and software technologies, Dell EMC has become a powerful ally to help any business in its IT Transformation journey to fuel digital innovation” – Rajesh Janey, MD & President, Enterprise India, Dell EMC
Today’s business landscape in India is rife with disruption, much of it driven by organizations using technology in new or innovative ways. In order to survive and thrive in today’s digital world, businesses are implementing new technologies, processes and skillsets to best address changing customer needs. A fundamental first step to this change is transforming IT, to help organizations bring products to market faster, remain competitive and drive innovation. According to the ESG IT Transformation Maturity Curve India Report commissioned by Dell EMC and Intel Corporation:
The ESG 2018 IT Transformation Maturity Study
The ESG 2018 IT Transformation Maturity Study follows the seminal study commissioned by Dell EMC, the ESG 2017 IT Transformation Maturity Study, and was designed to provide insight into the state of IT Transformation, the business benefits fully transformed companies experience, and the role critical technologies have in an IT Transformation. ESG employed a research-based, data-driven maturity model to identify different stages of IT Transformation progress and determine the degree to which global organizations have achieved those different stages, based on their responses to questions about their organizations’ adoption of modernized data center technologies, automated IT processes and transformed organizational dynamics.
This year’s 400 participating organizations from India were segmented into the same IT Transformation maturity stages:
IT Transformation maturity can accelerate innovation, drive growth, increase IT efficiency and reduce cost. More specifically:
Maturity Characteristics Compared with the Rest of Asia
For Indian organizations, IT Transformation correlates with improved IT and business outcomes.
In terms of modern data center technology usage, Indian organizations appear to lead their counterparts across the rest of Asia:
Lastly, ESG asked respondents to qualitatively describe how extensively their organizations have adopted formal DevOps principles and practices. Indian organizations appear to be ahead of the rest of Asia, with 26% reporting extensive adoption compared to 10%.
Executive Quote: “IT Transformation has now become a very important part of any business and those companies who lag will definitely be left behind.” - Director of IT, retail organization with nearly US$1B in annual revenue, India*