MAY 20198 IN MY V EWAccording to "Connecting Capabilities: the Asian Digital Transformation Index", a report by The Economist Intelligence Unit, digital transformation continues to be a high priority for business leaders, as efforts in that space can lead to improved innovation, streamlined processes, cost savings, and the creation of new offerings that can both create new markets and defend against competition from disruptors. As digital transformation processes become more and more important for businesses, opensource platforms will increasingly become a strategic investment for business, especially in order to stay resilient in the face of exponential activity and data growth as organizations take steps to keep pulse of changing customer demands.What is digital transformation?Digital transformation is a catch-all phrase used to describe the acceleration of IT to make fundamental, and even radical changes in the way businesses operate and deliver value to their customers. While the execution may be different across industry verticals, companies share many common characteristics on these journeys that can change their internal cultures.Digital transformation means the adoption of more innovative development environments that embrace relatively new practices, many of which are still being defined, as well as frequent experimentation, requiring organizations to become comfortable with failure as normal part of the innovation process. The question is: what does this mean for the service provider trying to navigate the competitive cloud environment, and how can they take advantage of this trend?The benefits of OpenStackRecently, SUSE commissioned a 451 Research pathfinder report,"OpenStack ­ Enabler of Digital Transformation ­ How Service Providers Can Benefit." This report focuses on using opensource platforms to build a next-generation software-defined infrastructure. BY PETER LEES, CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST, SUSE ASIA PACIFICTHE OPEN SOURCE APPROACH TO ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Peter Lees
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