ACCENTURE TECHNOLOGY
166 and therefore it ’ s vital for us and for our clients that we are at the centre of our ecosystem . This is why we work hand in hand with our strategic partners – whether it ’ s some of the hyper scale providers like AWS , Azure and Google , or the key platform players like SAP or ServiceNow , or enterprise technology providers like Commvault . Accenture Cloud Innovation Center ( ACIC ) in Rome is a prime example of co-innovation across the ecosystem .”
Chauffard emphasises that companies need to resist the impulse to buy the “ shiniest toys ” and carefully consider the business use cases . In addition to the more value realization focused approach to IT transformation he is advocating for , he also notes that , as businesses seek to achieve deeper penetration with their digitalisation strategies , the pace of transformation needs to slow to avoid corporate whiplash . “ Four or so years ago , Gartner found that 80 % of companies ’ cloud transformations were failing , or they said they didn ’ t feel as though they were seeing the benefits ,” says Chauffard . “ Those transformations weren ’ t failing because of the technology .
They were failing because the operating model and talent transformation had not happened .”
Chauffard explains that transformation of the operational model alongside a company ’ s IT capabilities , described by Accenture as its ‘ Run Different ’ strategy , centres around four key capabilities : Cloud Management and Operations , Cloud Optimisation , Consumption and Security . “ They are necessary to have an underlying platform from which to innovate technologically ,”
AUGUST 2019