Tech Mahindra has announced a collaboration with enterprises, academicians, and industry advisors to constitute a ‘Cloud Advisory Board’. The cloud advisory board will work towards accelerating cloud transformation and build a robust roadmap for business agility and competitive edge for enterprises. The members of the Cloud Advisory Board generate total revenue of about 2285 Bn USD and spend approximately 200 Bn USD on technology each year.

Cloud Advisory Board (CAB) will be a 30-member body with 3 regional chapters – Americas, EMEA and APAC representing the world’s top organisations, experts, academicians, industry advisors from manufacturing, telecommunication, retail, logistics, banking, healthcare, among others. The objective of the board is to enable open communication between various stakeholders to build a cohesive cloud adoption and implementation strategy.

Commenting on the develo[ment, Vivek Gupta, Global Head Cloud Services, Tech Mahindra, said, “A cloud-first approach is core to enterprise IT and customer’s digital transformation journey today. We are delighted to announce the formation of the Cloud Advisory Board which will facilitate meaningful peer-to-peer connect among leaders. The board will provide a vital perspective as we work with our customers to help accelerate cloud transformation for enterprises while helping them to design, develop, and deploy a personalised hybrid cloud strategy.”

Meanwhile, Manuj Desai, Global Chief Information Officer, Sterlite Technologies, said, “I am extremely pleased to be a part of Tech Mahindra’s Cloud Advisory Board. It’s a unique and great initiative, and I am fully confident that the experience and valuable feedback of all the members will be helpful in strengthening the cloud roadmap for the industry.”