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The no-regret movesto get your cloudAI-ready now There is more cloud ahead than behind 7The need for a modern, adaptable,cloud-powered digital core 11The cost of standing still 14Three strategic pathways to AI-readiness 152025Stabilizers: Strengthen the foundation to rebuild trust in cloudOptimizers: Move from one-offs to repeatable innovationInnovators: Convert platform strength into enterprise-wide reinvention 28Move fast to close the cloud gaps Authors Global Lead, Cloud FirstAndy Tay Jason Dess Group Chief Executive,Consulting Dr. Lan Guanleads a globalteam of 80,000 experts helpingorganizations embed AI to drivereinvention, holds over 30 patent Andy Taydrives Accenture’scloud strategy, shaping businessinnovation and extendingpartnerships across public and Jason Desshelps global executivesharness technology to driveinnovation and growth, drawing Shalabh Kumar SinghPrincipal Director- Accenture Research Jefferson Wang Senior Managing Director -Chief Strategy Officer, Cloud First Jefferson Wanghas more thantwo decades of experience atthe intersection of business andtechnology. He aligns business Shalabh Kumar Singhleadstechnology thought leadershipat Accenture, focusing on topicsrelated to cloud, infrastructure There is more cloud Many companies treat their cloud journeys as complete once scalabilityand uptime targets are met and modernization checklists are signedoff. But the reality is, there is more cloud ahead than behind. Today’s Meanwhile, AI is accelerating—from classical and machine learningto generative, agentic, ambient and physical. This has redefinedwhat cloud must do to make AI a driver of productivity, growth andcompetitive advantage across an organization. When modern cloudbecomes the foundation of an adaptable digital core, AI can deliver The expanding definition of cloud To scale AI, you need a modern, resilient digital core that is designedfor continuous change. For most organizations, that foundation iscloud-based. Today’s cloud is not a single destination. It’s a journeythat spans public, private, hybrid-, multi-, sovereign cloud and edge, The shift from cloud as a destination to the foundation for AI is alreadyunderway. BBVA, one of Europe’s largest banks, for example, neededa modern infrastructure that could scale globally while meeting localregulatory requirements and unlock agility to respond to clients’ ADA gave BBVA the scale, speed and security to embed AI deeplyinto the enterprise, supporting everything from advanced analytics togenerative AI. By consolidating data across geographies, the platformeliminated legacy complexity and enabled real-time insight. Users can In our analysis of 216 clients’ cloud environments, drawing on a surveyof our senior practitioners working directly with those organizations’cloud and digital cores, only 8% operate at a level similar to BBVA’stoday (See ‘About the research’ for further details.). Meanwhile, inCisco’s recent AI Readiness Index, more than half of respondentsreport that their cloud infrastructure still cannot support AI at scale. 8%of organizationshave clouddedicated to In our research, cloud estates fell into three categories based onmaturity across cloud migration, observability, data andAI-readiness and automation: Stabilizers are constrained by legacy slow AI adoption. Optimizers have modernized selectively with afocus on building efficiencies, and have yet to unlock new growthand experiences with AI. Innovators, a small but expanding group, Rooted in our research, executive interviews and experience acrosstens of thousands of cloud projects, this playbook offers a practicalway to move from any starting point toward an Innovator-levelNorth Star, based on a company’s unique priorities and industry The goal is to build practical momentum now, with each stepexpanding the opportunities that increasingly AI-enabled enterprisescan pursue. The playbook brings this to life through readiness profiles, The needfor a modern,adaptable Reinvention with AI is not a single leap, but a flywheel: data feedsmodels, models inform decisions, decisions trigger actions and everyaction generates business results and new data. It spins only as fast Cloud sits at the foundation of a modern digital core, providing theshareability, scalability and security needed to support AI. It offersaccess to a flexible array of foundation models, data products and AIservices; delivers the elastic compute and storage needed to train, real-time event flows over batch jobs, composable services overmonoliths and built-in data quality rules over retroactive checks. Today’s cloud is no longer a fixed destination: it’s a governed fabricacross public, private, hybrid-, multi-, sovereign cloud and edge thathelps companies adapt to business, regulatory and technology shifts.In industries like banking or government, for example, increasing Beyond infrastructure, cloud is the foundation for how you build, howyou organize and how you operate in t