In the second half of 2020, MIT Technology Review Insights, in association with Oracle, surveyed 860 senior executives and directors, split evenly from finance, human resources, information technology, supply chain and logistics, and the C-suite.

One of the primary conclusions was that more than half of organizations surveyed have begun to accelerate their cloud adoption. The survey also showed that AI and machine learning have gained the trust of most of the companies responding, and these emerging technologies-applied in ways that connect planning across supply chain operations, finance and the workforce-are a key area of focus.