Last year, global IT spending reached nearly $4 trillion, with companies spending on average more than 3% of their revenue on technology. Considering the rising tide of cyberthreats to counter, and the constantly evolving demands of customers, these figures aren’t likely to get smaller in the foreseeable future.
Higher return on investment (ROI), better productivity, and happy employees — all three are key ingredients of a successful company. It’s the third one that can unlock the first two. It’s really not difficult to see why: happier or less stressed employees are more motivated to work.
Cloud computing is transforming the way companies store and access business-critical applications and data. Syncsort’s 2018 report showed that IT professionals consider business continuity to be the topmost benefit of the cloud. This is no surprise. With the cloud, applications and data are typically stored and accessed securely from a central, off-site location so that business can continue as usual despite unplanned interruptions or incidents.
