Everyone who follows tech trends knows that digital business is moving to the Cloud. The real question is what does it take to compete in the fast-moving world of remote computing? Companies are coming away from their battles with hard-earned lessons about success and failure in the Cloud, and the answers are forming a core foundation for the future of digital business.

To talk about the lessons of the Cloud, John Furrier and Dave Vellante, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, spoke to Paul Perez, chief technology officer of Dell, Inc.’s Enterprise Solutions Group, during Dell World 2015.

Reaching into the Cloud

Making the transition to the Cloud is not easy. Perez explained that a company has to have a complete alignment across its leadership team on strategy, and they must be of a single purpose in executing that strategy. Likewise, he said, sacred cows make good steaks. A business must be willing to disrupt themselves in the process if it drives customer value.

In the end, what really makes the move worthwhile is the ability to serve the customer well and quickly. Development has been changing to favor speed, and what matters, Perez said, is how quickly a company can tie together a service.

Future-ready growth in the Cloud

Perez pointed out that traditional computing has been seeing a flat growth curve of late, while Cloud computing was growing at double-digit rates. Soon, he said, there will be more computing elements at remote service providers than on-premises. This changes the game. The real future-ready enterprise, he said, is in customer choice.

Customers want operating environments independent of infrastructure, he explained. Customers have diverse requirements that vary by industry. One solution, then, will not work for all of a business’s clients. Another concern, Perez felt, is that many businesses run very old applications that can’t move to the Cloud. A solutions provider must take these systems into account.

Watch the full interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of Dell World 2015. And join in on the conversation by CrowdChatting with theCUBE hosts during Dell World 2015.

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