DC BLOX
COVID-19 CHALLENGE
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With the challenge of COVID-19 impacting organizations worldwide , Uphues acknowledges that the network has shifted . “ Pre-COVID-19 , the network used to be delivered at people ’ s offices ,” he says . “ However , people are now working in lots of remote environments , it ’ s changed the way that people connect to VPNs and driven a more hybrid type world . This means that some of the things you ’ re connecting and working on are in your office and in a data centre that ’ s close to you , whereas , there ’ s also companies embracing cloud computing at a faster rate . That ’ s a hybrid environment to us .” Uphues understands the network challenges that have resulted from the pandemic and stresses the importance of customer-centricity . “ At DC BLOX , we have access through how we ’ ve created our network and pulled things together to give our customers immediate access and connect to over 50 carriers globally from one of our facilities ,” says Uphues . “ We provide it to the fingertips of our customers . If you ’ re a customer at one of our centres , you have access to change to whatever business demand you require .”
OCTOBER 2020