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Cloud: enabling growth
Cloud: enabling growth How do you enable a culture of innovation and business transformation in your business? Does it sit with marketing? With strategists? With R+D? Or can it be as simple as looking at cloud, and harnessing all it can do? We know the wealth that lies in data: how it is used, analysed, stored and shared. It is the record of customers, the knowledge of processes, suppliers and controls. Protecting, analysing and using data is paramount. The cloud, the most vital of tech tools, is an integral enabler in the evolution of this fundamental intellectual property. Securing the present and future-proofing your company will ensure your data, the heartbeat of your business, continues to be at the core of your operations and, ultimately, your success. Changing legacy systems and long-held business models are where the greatest resistance often comes from, with some companies seeing digital transformation and cloud migration as a one-off change instead of a continuous journey of reinvention and innovation. There is no immediate end point with the cloud. It is a journey that reinvigorates systems, enhances capabilities and entrenches security and sustainability. Cloud is a business enabler that reaches across the different divisions of a business. It breaks down silos, builds efficiencies, and often opens revenue opportunities. More and more African companies are realising this and embracing migration: recent studies suggest there is no slow-down in the take-up of cloud across the continent. Some 61% of organisations upped their spending on cloud services last year, and 69% said they would increase their investment in 2023. Working with a partner to align technology and the cloud to your specific brief is vital. Choosing the solutions and infrastructure you want and need, are often two different things. Using a managed cloud service, such as BCX, means professional counsel, as well as the strongest infrastructure available on the continent. Let hard-working tech work for your business. Our most important customer, is yours.
