Jesse Stockall

For many organisations, 2020 was the year of maintaining business continuity. No matter the experience, many also learned a lot about resilience. But if last year was about keeping the lights on, 2021 must be about operationalising what is now our new normal. Without a doubt, the pandemic has proven work from anywhere was feasible. It could be said though that COVID19 only accelerated what was inevitable. For the sake of improved productivity and efficiencies, organisations were already diversifying their technology stack by adopting SaaS models and migrating mission-critical business to the cloud (or multiple clouds), often in addition to…

The rapid acceleration in cloud adoption underpins a significant shift in the way we work, and this has only intensified since the pandemic. Many organisations fast-tracked their cloud migration or adoption plans to support employees during the sudden and unexpected shift to remote last year. According to recent data, 76% of IT leaders have increased their spending on cloud infrastructure in the past 12 months. In fact, according to Gartner, this trend may continue well past the pandemic. “Through 2024, businesses will be forced to accelerate digital business transformation plans by at least five years to survive in a post-COVID-19…