80%

of companies experienced operational improvements within a few months of cloud adoption

- SaaSWorthy

59%

of businesses leveraging cloud services see increased performance and reliability

- MindInventory

2x+

Pace of revenue growth for cloud leaders vs. limited adoption laggards

- IBM

These numbers highlight a simple truth: cloud success isn’t automatic.

Cloud without a strategy is just expensive infrastructure.

Many organizations move to the cloud expecting real results such as increased performance, faster innovation, and optimized costs. But without a clear strategy, those benefits remain out of reach. Instead of transformation, they face high costs, inefficiencies, and misalignment. Cloud adoption can feel like running in place—burning resources without meaningful progress.

Sound familiar? Cloud IQ can fix that.

Understand Your Cloud Capabilities

Cloud IQ

Cloud IQ provides a data-driven roadmap to assess, prioritize, and optimize your cloud maturity. We evaluate seven critical dimensions—Strategy, Foundation, Trust, Engineering, Operations, Efficiency, and Culture—to deliver clear insights and next steps tailored to your unique business.

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Cloud Maturity Scorecard

Pinpoint gaps and opportunities in your cloud adoption

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Stakeholder Alignment

Ensure IT and business leaders are on the same page

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Prioritized Roadmap

Actionable recommendations based on your cloud goals

What Happens When You Use Cloud IQ?

- WITHOUT -
Cloud IQ
  • Cloud adoption stalls due to misaligned goals
  • High costs and a risky, unscalable infrastructure
  • Security gaps leave the organization exposed
  • Traditional development limits agility and innovation
  • Siloed teams slow operations and reduce efficiency
  • Uncontrolled spending leads to unclear ROI
  • Misalignment across teams delays progress
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Cloud IQ
  • Cloud adoption accelerates with a clear roadmap
  • Costs are optimized with automated infrastructure
  • Proactive security strengthens cloud protection
  • DevOps culture improves speed and reliability
  • Collaboration makes cloud management seamless
  • FinOps drives cost savings and sustainable growth
  • Empowered teams spark innovation and leadership

opening quote Cloud IQ was designed to solve one of the biggest challenges we see in cloud adoption—misalignment between business goals and technical execution. By assessing each aspect of cloud-based transformation, we help clients move beyond commodity cloud migration to deliver meaningful business outcomes.closing quote

- Steve Holstad, Principal, Cloud Strategy, Perficient

Steve Holstad

How Cloud IQ Assesses Your Cloud Maturity

Cloud adoption touches every part of your organization—from infrastructure to business strategy. Cloud IQ assesses four critical areas that impact your cloud success, ensuring your investments drive efficiency, alignment, and measurable results.

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Current State

Comprehensive assessment of cloud adoption opportunities, risks, strengths, and gaps

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Internal Alignment

Measure perceived cloud alignment across product, business, IT, and leadership groups

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Business Mission

Renew alignment of technology initiatives to business vision and differentiating outcomes

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A Plan for Your Future

Prioritize deficiencies and opportunities for immediate action as well as planned investments

Cloud IQ Helps You Address Key Maturity Questions

True cloud maturity goes beyond migration. Cloud IQ pinpoints seven critical areas that determine long-term success, helping organizations move beyond basic adoption to a fully optimized, cost-effective, and scalable cloud strategy.

By evaluating these dimensions, we help you answer key questions like:

  • Strategy: Are cloud initiatives aligned with business goals?
  • Foundation: Is your infrastructure resilient, scalable, and built for long-term success?
  • Trust: Does your security and compliance posture support business needs?
  • Engineering: Are your cloud architectures and development practices modern and efficient?
  • Operations: How well are cloud services managed and governed?
  • Efficiency: Are you maximizing cloud investments and minimizing waste?
  • Culture: Is your organization equipped to embrace and sustain cloud innovation?
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Cloud IQ Delivers Actionable Results

Cloud IQ doesn’t just identify gaps. It provides a clear plan.
Here’s what you’ll receive:

  • Findings from the self-assessment survey, interviews, and audit
  • Cloud maturity summary scorecard
  • Detailed analysis of current and target capabilities
  • Stakeholder alignment scorecard
  • Prioritized recommendations for improved readiness
  • Executive alignment workshop
Cloud IQ deliverables

Trusted by Leading Enterprises

Perficient helps the world’s biggest brands accelerate cloud adoption, optimize costs, and modernize for long-term success.

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Your Cloud Can Do More. Let’s Find Out How.

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