Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 09 | Page 23

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AUSTRALIA ’ S HYBRID WORKPLACE IS TAKING SHAPE AS HYBRID CLOUD INVESTMENT INCREASES

Lee Thompson , Managing Director at Nutanix A / NZ , tells us how we are witnessing the birth of the ‘ hybrid workplace ’ at the same time as more than 40 % of Australian organizations are increasing their hybrid cloud investment .

We have a habit of very quickly getting used to , and then becoming dependent on , new things we had never needed until that point – mobile phones , the Internet and social media for example .

More recently , we ’ ve started to depend on a whole new way of working . Working from home was initially mandated due to the pandemic but has already become a permanent fixture in many workplaces .
Nutanix conducted research recently that showed only one percent of Australian enterprises expect a full return to the office this year , and just 2 % by 2022 when the pandemic is ( hopefully ) behind us .
This trend is backed by influential industry leaders , including Australian tech darling Atlassian , which has
To develop a fully operational hybrid workplace and workforce , and meet these new expectations , we need to go a level deeper in how we think about and use technology .
boldly said all its staff can work from anywhere , forever , and Coca-Cola Group Managing Director Alison Watkins warning against businesses favoring people working in the office over remote .
Further , the survey also showed Australia is well ahead of the rest of the world in its aspiration to continue work-from-home , with 8 % of organizations globally
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