McKinsey November 15, 2023
New ROI analysis highlights what it takes to capture the value of cloud computing, and what role generative AI can play.
Established companies face a quandary as they look to exploit cloud: as attractive as the benefits may be, the scale of change and investments required to adopt cloud platforms make generating an attractive return on investment (ROI) a challenge. But generative AI may significantly shift that value equation. It has the potential to dramatically reduce the investment and time needed to adopt cloud and generate new value by unlocking new business and tech use cases.
As a median, large companies run only 15 to 20 percent of their applications in cloud, even when they have been running cloud programs...