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What do you think the single biggest roadblock is to successful cloud adoption in the enterprise? If you said “organizational change” you’d be right.

All too often, enterprises take minimal steps to change their IT organization and processes even though cloud operating models demand fundamental shifts in mindsets, skills and tools. The reality is that many existing operational processes and legacy tools don’t meet the needs of the self-service, on-demand world of the cloud.

A key problem is that traditional IT Ops teams and processes are vertically siloed around domains, rather than spanning more horizontally across the software lifecycle. This results in a range of problems that can prevent the enterprise from achieving the full agility and cost benefits of providing a self-service portfolio of IT resources to end users in an automated and governed environment.

This 4-minute video excerpt was taken from Anthony Skipper’s technical session at Cloud Expo West, and provides a glimpse into some of the challenges and risks associated with siloed organizational thinking. There are several ways you can proactively address organizational change in your cloud initiatives. Contact us if you’d like to find out more.