The latest report on cloud-driven transformation from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services finds that cloud implementations have accelerated and expanded even more than they did last year, with 67% of senior executives surveyed reporting that their organization has accelerated its plans for cloud adoption. With this acceleration come new challenges: complexity, cybersecurity, data privacy and cloud talent concerns.

This report explores the state of cloud-enabled transformation today and lays out the concrete steps organizations are taking to overcome the challenges of an increasingly hybrid world:

• Defining a clear strategy for managing and using data
• Improving security of cloud resources
• Investing in AI-enabled analytics
• Consolidating tools and processes
• And more