- Improving speed to market and the ability to discover new revenue streams 
through cloud can increase profit growth by up to 11.2 percent YoY  

    - But to realize these financial gains, at least 60 percent of systems need 
to be in the cloud

    Infosys [https://www.infosys.com/] (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in 
next-generation digital services and consulting, today unveiled the Infosys 
Cloud Radar 2021 which has revealed the links between enterprise cloud usage 
and business growth. The independent study shows that enterprises in the 6 
regions surveyed can add up to $414 billion in net new profits, annually, 
through effective cloud adoption.

    The Cloud Radar 2021 survey was conducted by the Infosys Knowledge 
Institute [https://www.infosys.com/about/knowledge-institute.html] (IKI), a 
research arm of Infosys [https://www.infosys.com/en.html], with over 2,500 
respondents from companies across U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Australia, and 
New Zealand. It covered a range of business performance goals related to cloud 
and found specific links to competencies such as speed to market and 
capabilities. A strong profit link was identified when using cloud to rapidly 
bring new solutions and services to market. These investments provide a 
foundation to leverage AI & automation and build cloud based new sources of 
revenue.

    The study found specific links between business profit growth and the use 
of cloud to rapidly develop and launch new solutions and bring new 
functionality to market. Cloud's ability to generate new value from data and 
discover new revenue sources also links to profit growth. 
 
    Specifically, these benefits are derived from business' ability to 
accelerate time to market, enhance business capabilities and build a 
competitive edge. The study found that the highest performing businesses had 
annual profits growth that correlated with using cloud in six ways. 

   1.Speed up how they develop and launch new solutions 
   2. Add new functions to software in use 
   3. Expand processing capacity 
   4. Foster collaboration 
   5. Unlock value from data via AI 
   6. Discover new revenue sources.  
    
    Superior Cloud performance requires high levels of adoption and 
orchestration

    Cloud-fueled profit boosts can be attained by companies in any region or 
industry. However, they only kick in when businesses have at least 60 percent 
of their systems in the cloud. To benefit from AI on cloud, the bar is even 
higher. Businesses must have at least 80 percent of their business functions – 
such as cross domain business applications – in the cloud for AI to boost 
profit growth. 

    Our research describes four distinct performance cohorts – minimally 
effective, effective, highly effective, and exceptional. Businesses can 
benchmark themselves against each cohort by exploring the cloud radar digital 
experience and learn how to improve their cloud strategy and performance.   

    - Exceptional performers (16 percent) use a larger mix of cloud service 
providers and more frequently employ hybrid cloud arrangements. 
    - Highly effective performers (19 percent) have shifted nearly as many 
business functions to the cloud as exceptional performers. They are motivated 
to use cloud for accelerating deployment of new solutions and services. 
    - Effective performers (33 percent) have rapidly shifted business functions 
to cloud but started with fewer business functions in cloud two years ago. This 
cohort is more focused on cloud for cost savings than better-performing peers. 
    - Minimally effective performers (32 percent) are least likely to use 
public cloud and have the least certainty in estimating cloud expenditures.

    Despite acceleration in cloud adoption, only a fraction of large companies 
reached the highest level of performance and adoption. The Cloud Radar study 
found that nearly 1 out of 6 companies achieved exceptional cloud performance. 
In cloud adoption terms, fewer than one in five have crossed the 60 percent 
threshold to reap the profit benefits. By 2022, more than 40 percent of 
enterprises surveyed plan to shift over 60 percent of systems into the cloud, 
from 17 percent today.

    Companies delivering exceptional performance in the cloud show a strong 
motivation to use cloud for business growth, namely, increasing speed to 
market, adding capabilities, and increasing scale. These exceptional performers 
also demonstrated greater confidence in terms of cloud spending and were more 
likely to engage with three or more cloud service providers, giving them the 
capability to place workloads optimally. They also more frequently utilize a 
hybrid multi-cloud arrangement – combining the best features of private and 
public cloud.

   Ravi Kumar S., President, Infosys said, "Effectively leveraging cloud is a 
transformational pillar in digital journeys. Where early cloud ,was a tool for 
allowing companies to rapidly scale, modern cloud allows companies to rapidly 
innovate. Today's cloud creates a network effect across processes, data, 
content, experience and more. This network effect keeps enterprises relevant in 
a rapidly changing new digital age. The findings from the Infosys Cloud Radar 
2021 comprehensively show that growth and profitability can be correlated to 
superior enterprise cloud adoption and orchestration." 

   Explore the Infosys Cloud Radar 2021 Digital Experience here 
[https://cloudradar.infosys.com/home]

   To know more about Infosys Cloud Radar 2021, please visit our website here 
[https://www.infosys.com/services/cloud-cobalt/insights/cloud-radar-2021.html]

   View a short video on the Infosys Cloud Radar 2021 study here 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_a7_yHT-8&ab_channel=Infosys]

    Methodology

    Infosys commissioned independent market research company Feedback Business 
Consulting to undertake a study to understand:

       - Enterprise progress to the cloud 
       - Performance of business tasks in the cloud 
       - Motivations, goals, and concerns in the cloud 
       - Revenue and profit growth levels
  
    A total of 2,500+ business executives were surveyed across the US, UK, 
France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. The respondents were senior 
executives representing both technology and business functions.

   Based on their enterprise performance, progress and profitability, Infosys 
Knowledge Institute was able to distil performance competencies that are shared 
by companies with higher levels of profit growth. Other competencies, such as 
scale, security and resilience did not show direct or indirect links to 
year-over-year profit growth.

    Find out more by visiting the Infosys Cloud Radar 2021 digital experience. 
For more information on how Infosys Cobalt is helping leading global companies 
improve speed to market and enable new revenue streams, please visit: 
www.infosys.com/cobalt

    About Infosys Ltd.

    Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and 
consulting. We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital 
transformation. With four decades of experience in managing the systems and 
workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their 
digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core 
that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business 
with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and 
customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous 
improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and 
ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

    Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your 
enterprise navigate your next.

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