Flexible IT-based computing models—which include cloud computing and the integration of on-demand infrastructure services—provide a path to agility and speed. By moving to these models, IT executives have the opportunity to respond to the needs of their businesses in a matter of days, not months.

To better understand the challenges IT leaders are facing and how they’re acquiring the assets they need, Dell Technologies, Intel and Forbes Insights surveyed 800 executives and IT decision makers from mid-to-large organizations across the globe. In this report, we explore various IT consumption models and the benefits organizations are seeing from leveraging flexible IT-based models.