Only 8% of enterprises have a mature cloud strategy. How’s yours?
Cloud maturity shows how well your enterprise scales cloud practices. The higher it is, the bigger the benefits — less waste, lower costs, faster delivery, stronger security, and better talent retention.
Answer these seven questions to see where you stand and find ways to level up.
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 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 orgs centralize their cloud infrastructure strategy, accelerate productivity, and standardize how developers use 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 drives 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 adopting an internal development platform help close the skills gap and maximize staff expertise.