FEATURE : DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Organisations far and wide share the same priority when it comes to their business goals : achieving successful Digital Transformation . Simon Waller , Regional Director , EMEA & US at Epsilon , discusses how the continued increase in remote working has accelerated the adoption of cloud services and why businesses in these sectors must gain awareness of the trends that will shape how they operate .
Businesses needed to establish a foundation for continual transformation and adapting to new ways of working . Long-term remote workforces are one of the many reasons that cloud adoption is accelerating faster than ever , along with an array of other networking technologies , 5G , automation , Artificial Intelligence and security . These are predicted to have a large impact on the networking and technology market in 2022 .
The era of hybrid multi-cloud
In today ’ s cloud-first world , it is not just about connecting to the cloud , but about connecting multiple clouds efficiently . Businesses have already started to understand the benefits of having private , direct cloud connections , as many are now way past the adoption phase .
Digital Transformation has become imperative for all businesses , with the enterprise IT market significantly changing in the last two years . There was an urgency to meet Digital Transformation goals and organisations had to adapt quickly to disruptions . In 2021 , business strategies developed and put a focal point on the continued development of business operations and technologies .
Organisations are expected to manage clouds across their infrastructure even more effectively in 2022 , as visibility and security become even more important . They will also need to decide between integrated security vs . standalone security and hardware ( appliances ) or software .
With increasing productivity and efficiency , organisations will continue to use remote working models , which will further accelerate adoption of cloud services in long-term transformation strategies .
A recent Statista report estimates that between 2020 and 2024 , global investments in Digital Transformation will almost double .
Hybrid cloud models will push enterprises to use Software-Defined Wide-Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) for managing access and connectivity for :
2022 networking and technology : The next generation of Digital Transformation
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