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DATA & ANALYTICS
MILIND GOVEKAR
TITLE : DISTINGUISHED VP ANALYST COMPANY : GARTNER LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
Milind Govekar is a Chief of
Research with Gartner ’ s Program & Portfolio Management ( PPM ) Research . He researches and sets the direction and framework for worldwide integrative research across all the PPM aspects .
say that their IT environment changes once every minute or less .”
As Van Lubek describes , to maximise the benefits of cloud adoption , businesses must master this complexity . “ Many are turning to their global systems integrator and consultancy partners to help them achieve this , by leveraging AI and automation technologies so their internal teams are no longer required to fulfil time-consuming , manual tasks such as quality assurance and incident response ,” he says . “ Instead , they can focus on higher-value work that uses the cloud to drive innovation . This will result in new features and functions being released to users much faster because the process is automated , increasing innovation and user satisfaction .”
Organisations , Van Lubek says , will also start to see cloud costs reduced when AI and automation are properly embraced . “ This can be a barrier to cloud adoption , but in reality , AI and automation can enable organisations to run their environment in a highly efficient manner – meaning the business can scale up and down its cloud usage based on real-time needs .”
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