ACCENTURE TECHNOLOGY
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“ First of all , a key lesson I ’ ve learned from working on many different initiatives with Accenture ’ s clients is that technology challenges are not the biggest challenges ,” Chauffard explains . “ At the end of the day , technology is a means to an end . If you look at the last two to five years , industry disruptions have all been powered by technology evolutions . It ’ s such an exciting space to be in , but technology adoption only makes sense if it ’ s business strategy driven .” Chauffard argues that ensuring there is a strong business case for new technological adoption is an increasingly prevalent approach , both as the industry becomes more mature and considered , and also as the power of cloud infrastructure is better understood . “ The conversation has shifted ,” Chauffard explains . “ In the past , a cloud roadmap was drawn up with cost reduction as the focus , and that ’ s changed . Yes , you still need to save some costs , but what I ’ m really after are ways to start leveraging those cloud capabilities and features to drive increased flexibility , agility and innovation in my business .”
AUGUST 2019