State of Digital Transformation EMEA 2019

Overcoming the Challenges and Concerns of Digital Transformation

Published July 2020

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In this research, digital transformation was defined as the integration of digital technology into all areas of business, changing how businesses operate and deliver value to customers. These digitisation projects are still predominantly an IT decision across EMEA, with CIOs (54%) and chief digital officers (47%) driving or owning the process, whilst just under one-fifth of businesses (18%) claim their CEOs are in charge of digital transformation.

A relatively new position, that of the chief digital officer (CDO), is playing a key role in driving transformation. This role is having the biggest influence on digital transformation in countries that are further along their transformation journeys, such as Benelux (61%) and the UK (48%).

It is interesting to note that security teams are the least likely to drive transformation initiatives in their organisations in spite of the fact that security is the highest concern as appli¬cations move to the cloud.

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