Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 35 | Page 51

CLOUD TECHNOLOGY IS THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE TODAY .
COUNTRY FOCUS : POLAND

CLOUD TECHNOLOGY IS THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE TODAY .

investment will also provide strong support for the continued success of Poland ’ s developer talent pool and beyond , creating critical skilling and learning opportunities for an estimated 150,000 employees , partners and students . Our mission is to empower the people and organisations of Poland to achieve more ,” said Jean-Phillippe Courtois , Executive Vice President and President , Microsoft Global Sales , Marketing and Operations .
A new cloud partnership for the ‘ Polish Digital Valley ‘
To support local organisations in their transformation and innovation with the new cloud data centre region , Microsoft and Chmura Krajowa have signed a partnership agreement to support Polish public institutions and businesses in critical sectors such as government , health , education , manufacturing , retail , energy , finance , insurance and more .
“ We are celebrating the signing of a strategic partnership between Chmura Krajowa and Microsoft , a great global technology player and one of the biggest . This is another important step on the road to digitisation and accelerating the development of the entire Polish economy . A special step in the face of irreversible changes that are taking place before our eyes in the socio-economic ecosystem .
“ Digital Transformation is a great opportunity to deal with the current crisis faster and more effectively . Cloud technology is the future that we want to pursue today ,” said Zbigniew Jagiełło , CEO of PKO Bank Polski , one of two founders of Chmura Krajowa . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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