Our Trailblazers—those respondents who are ahead in their path to value in the cloud—have a sophisticated understanding of the benefits of the cloud. As you can see in the chart below, Trailblazers are significantly more likely to say the cloud is critical to innovation strategy, among others:

To what extent do you agree with the following statements about your company’s cloud strategy today? Rate on a scale of 1–5, where 1 = Strongly disagree and 5 = Strongly agree. (Top 2-box scores)

Trailblazers are already far ahead in the path to value. Next we will look at what business functions Trailblazers have already moved into the cloud.