Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Azure App Innovation
Explore the cost savings, increased developer productivity, improved time to market, and overall efficiency gains that businesses experience when using Azure app innovation products to create modern, cloud-first, intelligent solutions.
Read this 2023 Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Microsoft* to learn how a composite organization based on interviewed customers:
- Realized a projected net present value of USD25.2 million and a projected ROI of 251 percent over three years.
- Increased app developer productivity by 10 to 25 percent through automation and advanced features, saving companies about USD16.9 million over three years.
- Improved time to market of new apps by one to 1.5 months, resulting in an incremental net operating profit increase of USD8.3 million over three years.
- Reduced app downtime during peak business hours by an average of 15 to 25 percent, with a projected value of USD4.2 million.
- Achieved efficiencies in scalability, quality assurance, developer onboarding, security audits, and continuous integration and continuous delivery.
*To understand benefits, costs, and risks, Forrester interviewed 11 representatives from six organizations and surveyed 191 respondents with experience using Azure app innovation solutions. For the purposes of this study, Forrester aggregated all of these results into a single composite organization.