Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 41 | Page 47

CIO OPINION
The necessity of ‘ infrastructure everywhere ’ and getting it right network , they had to do so with minimal visibility over what was happening , where it was happening and when .
With March 23 marking a year since the UK went into lockdown , it also signposts – for many organisations – the start of having to completely transform their business operations .
Overnight enterprises across multiple industries – from financial services , to retail , the public sector and manufacturing – quickly accelerated their Digital Transformation initiatives . In addition , many businesses rapidly embraced new technologies as they facilitated operations that simply had never had to function remotely .
To tackle the challenge of now being remote working offices , the first requirement for a lot of organisations was the adoption of SaaS applications and collaboration tools such as Slack , Zoom and Office 365 .
In fact , in Zoom ’ s latest quarterly results , the company reported its total global revenue for the quarter to be up 369 % year-over-year as it remained a critical communication and collaboration service during the pandemic . Solutions such as these have been vital for businesses to remain productive as lockdowns across Europe have remained in place over the past 12 months .
However , the adoption of these new technologies has not been without its challenges for CIOs and their IT teams . Not only did these teams have to manage the influx of new applications and personal devices onto the
As a result , businesses are vulnerable to security threats and inefficiencies in the network . If left undetected , these threats could hinder efficiency of application performance , damage employee productivity and ultimately have detrimental financial impact on the wider business .
The businesses that ignore these issues and fail to establish an ‘ infrastructure everywhere ’ setup will be the ones leaving themselves ill-equipped to deal with the employee demands of working anywhere .
As we continue to progress through 2021 , it ’ s time for CIOs and their teams to embrace infrastructure everywhere and ensure they have the best technology solutions to support this .
The key to ensuring an ‘ infrastructure everywhere ’ setup flourishes is gaining strong visibility over the network and optimising performance of applications that businesses have come to rely on over the last 12 months .
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