From Cloud Adoption to Cloud Maturity: The New Imperative for Enterprise AI
TechRadar, Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
NTT DATA research finds cloud adoption has outpaced maturity, and that gap now decides whether enterprise AI scales.
NTT DATA's Charlie Li writes in TechRadar Pro that cloud adoption alone no longer delivers transformation as AI moves into execution, citing NTT DATA research with more than 2,300 senior decision-makers showing fewer than half of organizations are satisfied with cloud's impact on innovation or modernization.
Many embraced cloud for cost or migration speed without embedding it into operating models, governance and strategy.
Li argues cloud is now the execution layer for AI, and organizations pulling ahead invest in modernization, architecture and governance that enable business reinvention.