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From Cloud-First to AI-Ready

What does it mean for Workload Placement, Cost, and Agentic Accountability

What happens when four CIOs sit down to assess whether enterprise technology is actually ready for AI? This whitepaper is the result.Contents

A Letter from the Advisory Board

Executive Summary

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

References

Thank you for reading

From Cloud-First to AI-Ready: What Does it Mean for Workload Placement, Cost, and Agentic Accountability

Opening Letter: Bruno Costa, Director of Cloud Innovation Office, Saint-Gobain Group Digital & IT

Chapter One: Cloud was the Strategy. AI Changed the Question

Chapter Two: The Cloud Journey: Expectation vs Reality

Chapter Three: Minimum Viable Company and Build vs Buy in the AI Era

Chapter Four: Talent, Operating Model, and the Agentic AI Future

Chapter Five: Shadow AI, Governance, and the Risk of Cost Explosion

Chapter Six: Democratization of IT and the Accountability Problem

Chapter Seven: A Practical Playbook for becoming AI-Ready

Chapter Eight: The CEO/CIO Agenda: Five Moves for the Next 12 Months

Conclusion

References and Sources

Contributors

Bruno Costa
Director of Cloud Innovation Office
Saint-Gobain Group Digital & IT

Brian McGeough
Chief Information Officer
Creditsafe Group

Steve Crombie
Chief Information Officer
Bulgaria (a.i), ING

Sumita Dutta
CIO & Advisory Board Member, CIO Exchange & IDT Manager, Customer Operations, Shell

The views and insights expressed in this whitepaper represent the individual perspectives and professional experiences of the contributors and should not be taken to reflect the views or positions of their respective organizations.