Johannesburg, 12 Feb 2021
IT leaders have guided us through the world's largest remote work project. Instead of pausing to celebrate this accomplishment, IT leaders must push on. Pressure is mounting to overcome security vulnerabilities, optimise operations and reduce costs.
It is often said that IT is facing its own second wave of the pandemic. The first wave was all about making remote work happen in the first place. The second, more difficult wave, is all about making sure it is done right.
At the start of the pandemic, businesses were under tremendous pressure to spend. To keep a remote workforce productive, leaders had to invest in new systems. For businesses to survive however, knee-jerk spending must stop.
The reason for the difficulty of the second wave is that too many valid solutions exist. Cloud, in itself, is not the sole enabler of remote work. This can become baffling and even overwhelming to business and IT leaders alike.
With the proliferation of information on this subject, business leaders are asking questions. IT has to do its best to stay abreast. They need to select the most fitting solution for their environment. Merely going by "conventional wisdom" is no longer an option.
Especially among small to medium businesses, the demands on IT are growing. Because of the pandemic, the fundamental design principle of IT has changed. Emphasis is now on flexibility more than anything else. Gone are the days of heavy, capital-intensive deployments.
The only constant is change. Leaders are spending on solutions that bring about more flexibility. They are avoiding purchases that lock them into long-term contracts.
They are choosing systems that provide for short-term access. This allows them to manage temporary spikes in capacity, avoiding wasted spend during quiet periods.
IT leaders must get the right advice. They need to review what's possible before locking into a single configuration. There are many ways to save licensing and deployments fees.
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