Strategic Values of Cloud Computing Transformation

International audienceThis article aims to study the strategic transformative value dimensions of cloud computing.Organizational requirements, managerial strategic objectives, and their attendant challenges are veryspecific indicators that enable characterization of these dimensions. An exploratory study of 173cases of companies, covering 17 distinct economic activity sectors, spread over all continents, wasconducted, taking into account contingency factors such as culture, size, and structure. The elementsof industry, strategy, and technology were also considered, as well as managerial cognition. Theanalyses of needs, objectives, challenges, implemented solutions, and results of the transformation tocloud computing, enabled us to identify these dimensions. Strategies to maximize the transformativevalue of cloud computing are then presented. The results of this study can be used by managers tofacilitate and optimize this cloud computing transformation