Cloud-Native Digital Experience Platform
                     An Infographic, sponsored by HCL Cloud
Unlock the Future with a
Cloud-Native Digital 
Experience Platform
Intelligently leverage cloud technologies 
to grow in a digital-first world
Cost Eciency Through 
a Cloud Approach
Major factors driving cloud adoption are infrastructure cost savings 
and higher-value resource utilization, according to IDC
Top benefits include: Cloud solutions also reduce: 
• Employee training time
• Administrative eort to set up and maintain  
35% 16%  software and hardware infrastructure
Better IT productivity Improved cost savings
Businesses must prepare for unexpected scaling of the digital experience: 
40% saw website trac increase significantly during the pandemic.
Sources: IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, May, June, July, and September 2021; IDC’s CMS Technology and Use Cases Survey, June 2021
Cloud-Native Platforms Oer 
Business and Operational Agility
Organizations gain a digital advantage with automatic site deployment 
and a self-service sandbox for collaborative innovation
call cloud the most critical 
42% element to enabling benefit from increased remote operations. 34% visibility, auditability, and accountability of content.
Modern cloud-based digital experience 
platforms allow for application 
customization, delivering out-of-the-box 
functionality where needed.
Sources: IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, June 2021; IDC’s CMS Technology and Use Cases Survey, June 2021
Trust in the Cloud Is Crucial
Public cloud application providers invest heavily in security innovation as 
cloud operators must comply with multiple regulatory mandates and laws
Teams rely on data security and data privacy to 
collaborate and meet contractual obligations.
28% of organizations want to use a 
multicloud solution to deploy 
of IT leaders and 32% of business leaders workloads across regions and 
would change to a cloud provider oering 40% leverage cloud-native portability to higher levels of data security. meet data residency requirements.
40% of organizations chose their primary cloud platform for its wide range 
of governance services for platform security and resource utilization.
Source: IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, August 2021
Time to Market Matters
Automation improves time to market and is a competitive dierentiator 
16% 26%expect to increase their 
of enterprises using pace of innovation.
cloud platforms expect 
faster time to market. 
Continuous cloud deployment will expedite the 
delivery of an estimated 25% more digital sites over 
the next two years. Businesses seek choice, flexibility, 
and portability from their cloud providers.
1 out of 3 choose a provider based on easy data movement from one 
cloud environment to another, mitigating the risk of vendor lock-in.
Sources: IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, August 2021; IDC’s CMS Technology and Use Cases Survey, June 2021
Cloud Elasticity Equals
Scalability and Availability
Large cloud providers provide scalability through virtualization, 
enabling flexible scaling up or down as needed
of organizations recognize the importance of cloud 
32% network connectivity options that remove the limitations of 
a company’s own datacenter and physical resources.
For business resiliency, cloud-native platforms distribute 
data and workloads across multiple datacenters that are 
geography independent with high availability.
consider cloud-native business platforms with economical 
51% scaling important to their future software architecture strategy.
Source: IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, May and August 2021
Delivering Modern Digital Experiences
As part of a sound cloud strategy, organizations should:
• Innovate business more quickly and empower people with the   
 latest features sooner
• Align planning and execution to the cloud as both an IT and a   
 business transformation initiative
• Focus energy and resources on growing the business – not   
 managing data and systems infrastructure
Message from the Sponsor
Don’t be constrained by restrictive, multi-tenant cloud solutions. Unlocking 
your business’ potential through a flexible, cloud-native approach reduces 
complexity and drives greater agility for your business to grow and scale. 
Businesses should consider a wide array of cloud options including private, 
public, and hybrid cloud alternatives, depending on what best fits their 
needs. Discuss your cloud strategy and hear from our experts. 
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