Today, it’s mainstream, which makes the 30% year on year Vodacom Business’ cloud services growth unsurprising. This notion of the digital HQ is underpinned by the work-from-home (WFH) trend brought about by the pandemic. Clearly, the pandemic has forever changed the way we work, with businesses having to migrate to the cloud to enable collaborative remote- or hybrid-work environments. Building agile business environmentsThe trend we’re seeing, as reiterated by Microsoft, is that most businesses are leaning towards a fast and affordable “lift-and-shift migration” to the cloud in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) deployment. In this simple lift and shift from on-premises infrastructure to data centres, local businesses are reaping the benefits with a streamlining of operations supported by a reliable, robust, always-on cloud network.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 23, 2021 16:39 UTC