Philippe Chauffard , Managing Director of Accenture ’ s Intelligent Cloud Infrastructure division , advocates for a multithread cloud evolution , driven by the business case

T he enterprise is entering a new “ post-digital ” era , where success will be based on how companies can apply new technologies in people-centric ways , creating personalised experiences for customers , employees and business partners . As technological innovation continues to accelerate – with new , more powerful solutions coming to market on an almost daily basis – few people could be blamed for feeling like dinosaurs , watching all the other animals board an Ark with ‘ cloud ’ written on the side of it . However , while the vast majority of companies have begun their digital transformation journeys , such as migration to the public cloud , the collective journey is still very much in its early stages . “ 75-80 % of all enterprises are doing cloud in various shapes or forms , but if you look at how much of their estates they ’ ve actually migrated or leveraged into cloud , it ’ s still fairly small ,” comments Philippe Chauffard , Managing Director of Accenture ’ s Intelligent Cloud Infrastructure division . “ While everybody is doing it , a lot of people are still in the early stages .”