Onyeka Nchege, the CIO of Coca-Cola, cited the importance of education and adaptability in how to transform a brick and mortar business to the cloud.

Speaking during the keynote of Cloud World Forum in London, Nchege noted that the 100 year old company, consistently voted as one of the most powerful global brands, has partially migrated to the cloud with technology not a huge standpoint.

“A lot of folks tend to focus on the technology…but you realise very quickly the technology isn’t where you want to focus your time to begin with,” he told delegates.

Coca-Cola has moved what Nchege called ‘non critical’ apps, such as HR and time-keeping, into the cloud, with a look on migrating core ERP in the near future. “If my HR partner were here, he’d kill me for saying this stuff is non-critical,” he joked.

Nchege noted the five important reasons companies …