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The Fortune 500 – also the S & P 500 , Inc . 5000 , maybe even the Indy 500 – will only accomplish this gargantuan goal if they leverage the cloud ’ s full benefits like flexibility , reliability , and scalability . Organizations embrace the cloud to help guide them into the next generation of opportunities .
Today , almost 50 % of organizations have a cloud-first approach , and about 30 % describe themselves as cloud native , according to a 2021 survey . Another 37 % plan to be cloud native within three or more years .
Managing costs is a Herculean task for many IT decision-makers , and it ’ s the biggest concern for 30 % of cloud adopters . Cloud based organizations typically save money and other resources in multiple ways . For one , automated software and network updates improve security by eliminating time-consuming , errorprone , and often overlooked manual tasks . p
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