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Technology is radically changing the way we do things across all aspects of life as more and more processes become automated. It’s changing the way we bank, how we access and use technology in the workplace, how we use transportation, and so on. With those changes, IT has to do more and more, and as a consequence, is morphing from being a cost center in most enterprises, to becoming a strategic partner in the business.

In IT, we love to talk about winners and losers.  In that area (and that area alone), the cloud has been a huge disappointment. There are definitely some big winners but so far no real losers. The cloud community has been like youth sports.  “We’re all winners.”

Trends tracked by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) suggest that, in 2016, Fortune 1000 companies focused a significant percentage of their global IT spending on adopting and adapting to cloud technologies. However, many of today's CIOs have yet to transition corporate computing capacities to the cloud because of security concerns. What they don't know is that automated cloud systems can enhance security protections and reduce exposure to cyber risks.

American cloud service firms are growing -- and not just in the U.S. In Western Europe, nearly a half of the cloud service market share is currently held by just four American companies. This market domination has important implications for cloud services in Europe, as smaller companies are forced to compete to keep hold of their own market share. Read on to get a snapshot of the cloud services landscape in Western Europe, as well as some tips on how you can take advantage of the situation.

"Provide" is the root word for "provisioning," and today's cloud-based services purveyors offer the "provisioning services" that their customers want but don't want to have to achieve on their own.

Back in 1939, General Motors added an improvement to the automobile that revolutionized the industry (again). The "Hydra-Matic Drive" fully automatic transmission eliminated the need for drivers to think about which gear they were in and which gear they wanted to use instead. Moving the decision of which gear to use from the front seat to the machine itself allowed drivers to concentrate on the road and not on how their gears were working. The ease of automated shifting was quickly adopted by car makers the world over.

Cloud automation platforms can make IT systems in your organization run smoothly, allowing your employees to work as efficiently as possible. In order to reap the greatest possible benefits from cloud automation, you need to select the right platform for your needs. Here are three things you need to consider to find the right cloud automation platform for your organization.