Cloud trends: More businesses are adopting cloud managed services

According to a recent Frost & Sullivan survey of US-based IT decision makers, 80 percent of US business will increase their use of cloud managed services in 2017.
Why this commitment to managed services? At IBM InterConnect 2017, several customers will share their successes and lessons learned. There will also be subject matter experts and executives on site to meet with clients, as well as a hands-on demo lab where attendees can determine the specific costs and benefits of moving to managed cloud.
Here’s a look at some of the customer stories that will be shared at InterConnect:
Caribbean Financial shows how cloud managed services is the answer to Oracle workload needs
Caribbean Financial was in a bind. It had growing business volumes that threatened to overwhelm its existing IT infrastructure, which was leading to delays in processing customer applications and approving their loans. Find out what the company did.
ABN AMRO Bank and IBM Cloud Managed Services: The strategic partnership
ABN AMRO, one of the most successful banks in the world, decided to adopt IBM Cloud Managed Services private cloud to simplify, standardize and reduce the cost of the IT landscape. Find out how it went.
Why a top European business school chose IBM to bring its SAP ERP and CRM systems to the cloud
Bocconi University, a private university in Italy providing education in the fields of economics, management, finance, law and public administration, has been working with IBM to deploy and migrate its SAP ERP and CRM systems to the cloud. See what factors led to the university choosing IBM Cloud and how the partnership has been extended to include additional cloud migration projects.
How Etihad Airlines quickly and easily migrated 70 SAP applications to IBM Cloud
Etihad, one of the largest global airlines, needed to move their entire SAP landscapes from SAP HEC to the cloud in the middle of an ongoing SAP implementation project. Understand the scope, challenges and tactics used to make this project a success.
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