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wearing the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is
safe to say digital is where it’s at.
“People, both customers and businesses, are not concerned
with how they receive their service or experience, but just
that they receive it securely, quickly, and digitally. The cloud
truly enables digital,” says Jansen van Rensburg.
Creative
We stand at the
precipice of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution,
which promises to be the
most globally impactful
revolution to date.
However, true digital requires that a business can
leverage multiple clouds based on their unique individual
requirements, as and when they need them. Businesses
are catering to more diverse customers and are
required to offer from here on out, unknown levels of
customisation and personalisation.
thinking in order to achieve the agility they need to be
innovative. The cloud is an enabler; however, it requires
that mindset to be truly effective.” For this reason, says Jansen van Rensburg, the ability
to see the cloud as the new ‘hardware’ and spin up any
application, whether traditional or cloud-native (born in
the cloud), or any X-as-a-Service offering, based purely
on requirement regardless of the cloud, is vital.
GET YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUD
The blurring lines between physical, digital, and biological
means that it is hard to determine which technology truly
matters. However, with digital transformation unwittingly “It becomes critical to be able to connect any device securely
and easily to the cloud, and seamlessly between clouds. The
‘hardware’ shouldn’t matter — only the application and what
you do with it,” adds Jansen van Rensburg. PA
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