“Every organization is becoming a service provider, creating digital services to better engage with customers, partners and suppliers and compete in the digital economy,” according to a new 451 Research report. “The currency of this economy is software: Every company will need to raise its software IQ to transform successfully.”

In this 451 Research report, analyst's layout seven trends in cloud transformation, including:

• How Optimization-as-a-Service will emerge
• Focus will shift to cloud-native outcomes delivered as-a-service by intelligent platforms
• The cloud will work “as advertised” in the era of consumption
• Cloud skills will remain in short supply, but organizations will address this issue