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ACCELERATING DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION IN A
CHANGED WORLD
Veeam’s 2020 Data Protection Trends Report finds that almost
half of global organisations are being hindered in their Digital
Transformation journeys. Trent Odgers, Cloud Manager, South
Africa, Veeam, tells Intelligent CIO more.
Digital Transformation (DX) and the
Fourth Industrial Revolution are
phrases that have been in the public
lexicon for years. Boardrooms across the
continent have acknowledged the need to
fine tune a long-term digital roadmap, but
as a famous meme illustrated, the current
pandemic has shattered any doubt that
the Fourth Industrial Revolution is well and
truly here.
With the economic norm now turned on its
head, businesses around the world – and
Africa in particular – are scrambling to
digitally transform. However, what does
this mean? Vaguely, everyone knows that
it is supposed to ‘make business better’ or
more efficient.
The truth is that the drivers behind DX
have been heightened post-pandemic.
Ultimately, revenue determines a business’s
prospects but people have always been an
organisation’s biggest asset, and faced with
an invisible enemy in the form of a virus, the
importance and safety of employees should
be at the forefront of everyone’s agenda.
The promise of streamlining an organisation,
of finding efficiencies and unlocking
real-world competitiveness, is compelling,
especially when considering the challenge to
remain relevant in the face of disruption on
an unprecedented level.
The Veeam 2020 Data Protection Trends
Report, which surveyed more than 1,500
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THERE ARE
TWO TIERS OF
IT DECISION-
MAKERS IN AN
ORGANISATION,
AND THESE
SPEAK TO TWO
DIFFERENT, YET
INTERLINKED
CONSIDERATIONS.
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