According to IDC’s original paper published in 2015, then updated in 2017, “A technology-enabled business strategy such as digital transformation (DX) makes it possible for firms to expand their competitive differentiation in the market.” This is still true. With this rewrite, we worked with IDC to incorporate how developments like data passports, secure service containers, securing data offsite and the use of Kubernetes can help businesses expand the way that they implement hybrid cloud strategies.