Q . AS THE UK AND EUROPE START TO RE-OPEN IN THE MIDST OF ONGOING VACCINE ROLLOUTS , HOW ARE YOU SEEING THE DATA CENTRE INDUSTRY HANDLE THE TRANSITION TO A POST- LOCKDOWN ECONOMY ?
» Technologically , the demand for cloud-enabled services was already rising prior to the pandemic , but lockdowns dramatically increased adoption and this isn ’ t looking likely to slow any time soon . When the majority of people were staying at home , everything shifted online – from shopping , to socialising and crucially , working . This meant that enterprises were forced to inspect their own digital transformation
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agendas . For many it kick-started their transformation , for others it accelerated it , and even slowest to embrace digital are now at least readying themselves for large-scale working from home . No matter which category a business falls into hybridcloud strategies will be here to stay and will only grow in importance . When looking at the transition from an organisational perspective , the priority is how do we safely bring people back to work , whenever that may be ? The pandemic has transformed how we work and we ’ ve now established a more collaborative , hybrid way of working which I believe is here to stay – five days a week in the office is a thing of the past . My priority is to offer options to our employees at Interxion , allowing them to balance work and home in a way that ’ s most productive for them .
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