Cloud is the engine driving enterprise modernization across industries and the ultimate destination for many companies. Even as budget scrutiny and IT optimization intensified this year, end-user cloud spend rose nearly 18%, topping $560 billion, according to Gartner.
Industry cloud promised to ease adoption. But for many companies, tailored verticals have complicated the decision-making process, Forrester Senior Analyst Akshara Naik Lopez told CIO Dive.