So, one of the topics that we're always
asked about is business continuity and what
that means for businesses: so, the one thing it doesn't mean is back up – that's a
big mistake that businesses make. Yes, it's
very important to back up your files but
how quickly can you get your
organisation up-and-running in the event
of a disaster. So, how quickly can you
operate your business and all the
systems that you have and connect with your
customers in the event of a disaster –
that's really what business continuity
is about. So at EMIT we've helped
many customers to do that. If you think of
an event where an office isn't available
for whatever reason, where do your staff
go, who do the contact and how can they
connect the systems to make sure that
you're connecting with your customers
and give them the service that they've come
to expect as if you're in your own
office. The big buzzword in our
industry at the moment is digital
transformation and what exactly does
that mean to businesses? In EMIT we
try to simplify the whole process from
start to finish, so digital
transformation for me really is powered
by the cloud and people always ask
us about cloud. Does it mean I put my
servers up in the data centre in the
cloud and that's it and for me it's much
more than that. You know, getting
the infrastructure piece up there, so
moving those servers, moving some core
systems (email, etc.) up to the cloud is only the start of this journey. The true power of
digital transformation and cloud is what
you will do after that. So, when you get
your data up there, when you get your
systems up there and how will you
improve the service that you deliver to
your customers and that's the exciting
thing for me about digital
transformation. The billions of dollars
that are invested by these cloud
providers such as Microsoft is only a
fraction of what they invest in their
overall systems as well.
So, look at us as typical SMEs or
enterprises in Ireland, we can't afford or
don't have the budget really to invest
in these kind of systems, so it makes
perfect sense to outsource to these
cloud providers.
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