Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 55 | Page 75

////////////////////////////////////////// DO GET EVEL LITY, ERE MUCH RID H TO ING ESS ENT. otentially starting enhance and align d, at the end of much more robust ved operational st efficiency and ivity. trends of which re? n driven by to do at the e level of ill be a much the working and I think the positives that we will take out of COVID-19 will not only be from a technological perspective but also from a business culture perspective in terms of more of an acceptance around flexible and work from home capabilities, along with the advances that technology has allowed in terms of collaboration. I think Digital Transformation and technological collaboration was previously deemed to be in the ballpark of ‘the large’ – the enterprises, the wealthy and those with a lot of resources. But now I believe it’s being brought across to all manner of organisations, from small businesses to enterprises to the super brands and also government and federal. So, in terms of the trends, cost efficiencies and cost optimisation within the near and mid-term, during the recovery from COVID-19, will be critical. As an example, we recently did an exercise for a CIO, where we looked at the five or six different silo products running across the organisation. Using the Matrix42 platform, we were able to condense and consolidate these into one platform, meeting all the criteria across the previous products, really streamlining the upgrade operations, increasing the efficiency and productivity, while vastly reducing the expenditure to be able to deploy, maintain and manage all those various technologies. • www.intelligentcio.com