COVID-19
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COVID-19
The global pandemic forced closures of businesses , lockdown measures and an adoption of remote working practices on a scale never seen before . We asked Etiemble how the COVID-19 pandemic affected DuluxGroup .
“ When the COVID-19 crisis hit we , as the executive team , had two key priorities . First and foremost , protecting the safety of our people and customers , whilst protecting their jobs and livelihoods by ensuring our different businesses were ready to adapt and safely execute their business continuity plans – in the context of each business ’ specific and evolving market / industry impacts . This latter imperative was largely enabled by technology ,” says Etiemble .
“ DuluxGroup Tech team had introduced ambitious programs over the past two years to future proof key elements of our architecture , and ensure we were ready for different potential market requirements . Our infrastructure is now mostly hosted in Azure . Many of our key applications are SaaS . We have a strong cloudbased collaboration suite with Office
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