Many Roads to Digital Transformation

This infographic produced by IDG Connect illustrates current attitudes to digital transformation amongst multinational companies with offices in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Based

on a survey of 274 senior decision makers working in various IT related executive and management roles, it reveals technology investment plans, business drivers and anticipated challenges around network modernisation, cloud migration, mobile device rollouts and data security implementations.

Lower TCO is Top Transformation Business Driver

A larger number of companies have identified digital transformation first and foremost as a way to reduce the cost of their IT service delivery. But half see it as a forward looking strategy that will help them expand the business through support for greater product/service innovation andimprovements to the customer experience.

Digital Transformation Challenges Loom Large

Keeping up with the pace of change, finding the right partners to assist in digital transformation and implementing effective data security on the underlying networks, systems and applications are the foremost challenges for companies embarking on digital transformation projects. They also fear they may be held back by a lack of in-house knowledge and the absence of a clear road map.

Primary Digital Transformation Investment Areas

Anticipated investment in support of digital transformation initiatives will span a broad range of technologies, spearheaded by big data analytics, cloud application and service migration, data security and network modernisation projects. Over half of companies also identify employee mobile rollouts and management and Internet of Things (IoT) expansion as future focus areas.

Data Security Concerns Which May Deter Transformation

Protecting mission critical applications and data is a top priority for most organisations engaged in digital transformation initiatives. Multiple concerns are apparent, but above all else they fear that security breaches will damage their brand reputation and lead to a loss of customer confidence.

Reduce the cost of IT service delivery by optimising legacy infrastructure

Support greater product / service innovation

Need to improve customer experience and interaction

57%

51%

50%

Meet government industry compliance guidelines and regulation

Streamline supply chain

Address globalisation requirements 47%

39%

36%

Big data analytics for BI

Cloud migration

Data security

Network modernisation

Digital devices and IoT

MDM and BYOD

61%

58%

57%

55%

54%

50%

64% 63%62%

58% 58%53%

Keeping up with the pace

of digital change

Implementing effective data

security

Segregating IT resources

from day to day operations

Lack of in-house

experience/knowledge

Defining a clear

roadmap

Finding the right partners

64%63% 62% 58% 58% 53%

IDG Connect is the demand generation division of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s largest technology media company. Established in 2006, it utilises access to 44 million business decision makers’ details to unite technology marketers with relevant targets from any country in the world. Committed to engaging a disparate global IT audience with truly localised messaging, IDG Connect also publishes market specific thought leadership papers on behalf of its clients, and produces research for B2B mar-keters worldwide. www.IDGConnect.com

CONNECT

Level 3 Communications, Inc. is a premier provider of global communication services, creating solutions that strengthen the growth, efficiency and security of businesses around the world. As enterprises transition from legacy services to more efficient, scalable and secure technologies, Level 3 offers enhanced network capabilities and managed services for customers to streamline operations and focus on growth.

64% 58% 57% 54% 52% 47%

Potential loss of reputation/

customer confidence

Current data security cannot

prevent all attacks

Disruption to business

operations

Maintaining effective security provision

Cost of security incident clean-up

operations

Compliance with industry/government regulation

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