INDUSTRY WATCH
BY DESIGNING THE IT ENVIRONMENTS AND
SYSTEMS FROM A GREENFIELD STATE, WE WERE
ABLE TO UTILISE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
WITHOUT THE HINDRANCE OF LEGACY SYSTEMS
AND SOFTWARE. THEREFORE, WE WERE ABLE TO
GET THE BEST OUT OF TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE
AND HARDWARE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDE
A SECURE, HIGHLY AVAILABLE, DYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR GROUP COMPANIES
analysis of the performance of the
businesses highlighting problematic
area’s that need to be controlled for
cost purposes could take place and
opportunities for improving projects
and increasing profit or awarding
work to internal group companies
could happen. Our senior stakeholders
have the ability to get a view across
diverse global companies in different
industries which they never had before.
How have recent projects
helped your company
distinguish itself from
regional competitors?
Having the ability to build a hybrid
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cloud environment from a greenfield
state and deploy gave the opportunity
for the company and group
companies to get the best possible
usage of technology and platforms
without being hindered by legacy
apps and systems. As a result the
following benefits could be realized:
• Increased work efficiency and
productivity for staff
• cost reductions
• real-time data and analytics
• mobility
• access from anywhere at anytime
for cloud services
• greater security
• high availability of systems
• improved collaboration and
communication
• business continuity and disaster
recovery capability.
• Stronger cost control and
opportunities to increase
profitability
There is a general perception
among most CIOs that IT is
not adequately heard in top-
level executive management
talks. What do you think
about this school of thought?
That is something that can happen,
however in the digital age we are
now in it will be a case of being
hard to ignore technological
innovation if companies want to
stay relevant and compete with
their competitors. There are many
benefits to embracing technology,
and the risks to business of not
doing so grow greater by the day.
Technology can be used to help,
support and provide growth and
personally, I am a believer in
using technological innovation for
the positive transformation and
prosperity of companies, industries,
societies and people.
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