Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 55 | Page 70

TALKING business ‘‘ /////////////// Utilising a ‘pla product’ appr business ben The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the world of w Transformation strategies and placing additional pr Manager, IMEA region, Matrix42, tells us how CIOs product approach to achieve cost efficiencies and e FFor context, tell us how the world of work looks today We’re living in unusual times. I recently read somewhere that is the most common phrase seen on social media but it’s absolutely true. Across the whole working landscape, I think the best way to describe the current environment is dynamic. Guidelines are moving daily, with changing policies driven by governments, which vary dependent on the stage of lockdown or easing of the restrictions. And I think everyone has been affected. We all work for organisations; we all have customers and suppliers who are across multiple geographies and locations. However, I also believe there is a great opportunity. The age of Digital Trans been spoken about for s actually being forced up take this as one of the p otherwise strange enviro How far are organisa digital tools to help thrive during these s Interestingly, most CIOs Digital Transformation r considered one with var I think what’s happened is that these timelines h thrown out of the windo Transformation delivery an unprecedented pace 36 INTELLIGENTCIO