The cloud conversation has shifted from cost-cutting to governance, innovation and measurable outcomes.
InfoWorld argues that the enterprise cloud conversation has moved on from cost-cutting and lift-and-shift to governance, innovation and business outcomes that can be measured. Leaders increasingly expect cloud spend to map to concrete value, not migration for its own sake.
Why it matters: the same shift is coming for AI spend. Tie platform investments to outcomes you can measure from day one, adoption, cycle-time, revenue or risk reduction, rather than treating the migration itself as the win.