Read these 14 statistics to gain insight into what the digital economy is becoming and why digital transformation is so important. These statistics help demonstrate how complex the digital economy is becoming and why we are passionate about simplifying enterprises’ data challenges. We help enterprises develop a sustainable data governance model through our software solution Information Value Management®.

1. 14 SHOCKING
DIGITAL ECONOMY
& TRANSFORMATION
STATISTICS

2. Source: Miniwatts Marketing Group, 2014
BILLION
INTERNET USERS
WORLDWIDE

3. Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015
ONLY 10% OF COMPANIES
DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS
FULLY DIGITAL

4. Source: SAP Benchmarking
ENTERPRISE
APPLICATIONS
WHAT MOST COMPANIES RUN
PER BILLION $ IN REVENUE

5. LARGE COMPANIES WERE TARGETED
BY CYBERCRIMINALS IN 2015
Source: Symantec, 2015
5/6

6. Source: The Economist
Intelligence Unit, 2015
The ability to support REAL-TIME TRANSACTIONS
is the MOST POPULAR CAPABILITY executives
hoped to improve through digital transformation

7. 90% of CEOs believe the digital economy
will have a major impact on their industry
Source: MIT Sloan and Capgemini, 2013
Only 25% have a plan in place
And less than 15% are funding and
executing on the plan

8. ONLY 21% of companies report
that a CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER
leads their transformation initiatives
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015

9. Establishing the right GOVERNANCE MODEL
for digital transformation is identified as one of
the MOST COMMON DIGITAL CHALLENGES
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015

10. The user base for Under
Armour's digital health
platform, Connected Fitness
150MILLION
Source: Under Armour, 2016

11. GLOBAL SaaS REVENUES ARE FORECASTED
TO REACH $106 BILLION IN 2016
Source: Forbes, 2015

12. The 200 biggest
companies in the
world lose over
of their annual
profits because
of COMPLEXITY
– over $237
BILLION
Source: Global Simplicity Index, 2013
10%

13. Projected SPENDING
ON CLOUD COMPUTING
infrastructure & platforms will
GROW AT A 30% CAGR (2013-2018)
compared with 5% growth for overall
Enterprise IT
Source: Goldman Sachs, 2015

14. GLOBALLY, CYBER CRIME COSTS BUSINESSES
Source: McAfee, 2014
$375-575
BILLION

15. THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL ROBOT
POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE TO
Source: HBR, 2015
4 MILLION BY 2020

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