What is your cloud maturity level?
An enterprise’s cloud maturity is measured by its ability to scale key technology and operational cloud practices across the organization. The higher your maturity level, the greater return you’re likely to get on your cloud investment. That means less waste, lower costs, faster speed, stronger security, and better talent retention.
Take our free Cloud Maturity Assessment to learn what stage of cloud maturity your organization is currently in — and get resources to help you reach the next level.
Adoption phases
The 3 stages of cloud maturity
- Stage 1: AdoptingAlso known as low maturity. During this first stage, individual engineering teams use cloud services in a tactical, ad hoc way.
- Stage 2: StandardizingAlso known as medium maturity. As part of a centralized cloud program, platform teams work with operations, security, and networking teams to build a common infrastructure foundation.
- Stage 3: ScalingAlso known as high maturity. Platform teams spread key cloud practices across the org, including on-premises datacenters, and introduce self-service provisioning and automated remediation.
What are the benefits of high cloud maturity?
- Stronger securityThe biggest benefit that highly mature orgs get from the cloud is better security. Mature practices like automated secret rotation, policy as code, and least-privileged access all help keep sensitive data safe.
- Faster cloud developmentHighly mature practices like platform teams and agile provisioning help organizations centralize their cloud infrastructure strategy, accelerate productivity, and standardize developer consumption of cloud services.
- Lower costs91% of orgs are wasting money in the cloud. Mature practices like using infrastructure and policy as code help reduce the waste that contributes to high costs — like idle/underused resources and overprovisioning.
- Better staff retentionThe ongoing tech skills shortage causes cloud waste, security challenges, and more. Automating processes, scaling platform teams, and internal development platforms help close the skills gap and maximize staff expertise.