{"id":36457,"date":"2023-08-03T04:31:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T04:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/?p=36457"},"modified":"2023-11-16T09:25:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T09:25:37","slug":"why-a-cloud-first-strategy-will-drive-the-bank-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/why-a-cloud-first-strategy-will-drive-the-bank-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a cloud-first strategy will drive the Bank of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As emerging technologies like generative AI, Web3, and Metaverse become increasingly important, implementing a cloud-first strategy is essential and cannot be ignored.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36458 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Quote-2-1024x338.png\" alt=\"Quote from Vijayant Rai\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Quote-2-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Quote-2-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Vymo hosted a roundtable with leading public sector banks (PSUs) leaders in Mumbai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The conversation concerned charting robust cloud policies and the roadmap for PSUs in the coming decade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Vijayant Rai, Country Leader, BFSI, Microsoft India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the keynote speaker, and he pointed out that the opportunity for cloud adoption is not slowing down. Businesses have adapted the cloud to help them navigate supply and demand uncertainties of the pandemic and help them reimagine their business digitally.\u00a0AI adoption and investment is up and is being applied across every industry and use case to solve real-world challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Cloud?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2023-04-19-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-public-cloud-end-user-spending-to-reach-nearly-600-billion-in-2023#:~:text=Cloud%20Drives%20Digital%20Business%20Transformation,latest%20forecast%20from%20Gartner%2C%20Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latest forecast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Gartner says that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is predicted to grow 21.7% \u00a0to a total of $597.3 billion in 2023, up from $491 billion in 2022. Back home in India, the numbers sound promising &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to IDC<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prAP50777423#:~:text=India%20Public%20Cloud%20Services%20Market,2022%2D27%2C%20According%20to%20IDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the overall Indian public cloud services market<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 23.4% for 2022-27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud infrastructure and tools today allow organizations to innovate and deploy products and strategies with a faster time-to-market<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Speed to innovate &#8211;\u00a0 20%-30% Optimization of overall computation capacity for faster product enhancements.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Cloud-based tools and techniques provide high operational efficiency and agility in innovation for a faster time-to-market.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Productivity (Ease of use) &#8211; 35%-40% increase in employee productivity. &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seamless integrations over cloud means simple, easy-to-use UIs, smooth flow of data between systems, and higher visibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cost-effectiveness <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><b> 50%-70% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) on IT infra.-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Generate revenue almost immediately &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Cloud requires nearly zero upfront costs as most tools are subscription-based.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Customer centricity &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve customer proposition and tap into newer customer segments by gathering valuable data and insights from multiple sources.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a strong <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web-assets.bcg.com\/17\/91\/e6cd678e4256b635b0c4c29ad127\/the-future-of-cloud-in-asia-pacific.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shift towards cloud technologies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Asia Pacific region, with India, Malaysia and Indonesia being key markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36459 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Infographic-2-1024x338.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Infographic-2-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Infographic-2-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can Banks Adopt a Successful Cloud Strategy?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To initiate cloud technology and digital transformation adoption, a holistic strategy should be adopted to automate the IT environment through an agile operating model.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rajesh Sabhlok, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing Director &#8211; Asia Pacific at Vymo, shared that organizations must learn from each other and factor in best practices to make cloud deployments successful \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Budget<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Maintaining expensive infrastructure with low utilization is costly. Cloud computing allows for rapid and flexible expansion or contraction of services based on usage, resulting in financial savings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Shared services model &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Outsourcing non-core processes like customer onboarding and outbound marketing can reduce costs per transaction and customer acquisition expenses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Cloud Era<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud platforms are opening up deep blue ocean opportunities for Banks. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rbi.org.in\/Scripts\/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=12486&amp;Mode=0#APP2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new regulatory guidelines by RBI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will further nudge Banks to accelerate their cloud adoption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36460 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Infographic-1-1024x338.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Infographic-1-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/vymo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Infographic-1-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud transformation will help the Bank of the Future to improve revenue generation, increase customer insights and contain costs &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Customer delight<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Better integration of business units through sharing data, driving integrated decisions, and moving more quickly to solve customer problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Single pane of glass<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Gain the ability to replicate and access data and app services across more than a single data center or region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Attract new talent &#8211;\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tech capabilities and solutions attract new workers and provide access to ecosystems with unique skill sets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future of Banking is in the Cloud, and it looks bright and sunny. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vymo hosted a roundtable with leading public sector banks (PSUs) leaders in Mumbai.   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