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Agile approach is capable of handling the overheads imposed by traditional approaches to technology-enabled business transformation that lack agility. Agile approach is based on small cycles or sprints, typically 2-4 weeks of duration that has the ability to handle in-built dynamism of cloud “XaaS” adoption. Cloud “XaaS” adoption in small cycles is the most critical success factor of your Cloud adoption journey. Agile, if appropriately applied, would accelerate Cloud “XaaS” adoption speed with consuming less resource fuel. The key benefits of agile you may seek time to market and overall productivity across the board. Here are the 5 agile gears that you may consider to install on your cloud adoption bandwagon on your way to target cloud-enabled technology operating model. Process Agility: As opposed to a big bang approach, Cloud adoption needs an adjustable and agile approach to move your enterprise elements in the cloud in short iterations. Product Agility: As opposed to a tradit

The emerging technologies such as cloud, mobile and social media provide both opportunities and challenges to financial services organizations (FSOs) in present high cost and tight economy.  The overarching technology themes suggest that the current focus is to invest resources only in customer-centric platform and infrastructure consolidation technologies in order to present the “organization-as-a-whole” view to customer for a better customer experience. This post highlights the eight salient emerging themes in FST adoption. Customer Information Management The emerging themes in the customer information management are: Customer Information Consolidation, Customer Context Awareness, and Customer Process Standardization. Despite economic crisis and tight economy, FSOs seem to investment in customer platform. There is also a considerable trend in multi-channel support for better interaction with the customer and also for settling the returning/new business without unnecessary involveme