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Unleash the potential of cloud for your organization ! dealt with in a remarkably seamless fashion , he recounts . “ We ’ d been closely monitoring the crisis through our Business Continuity Management programme since early January , considering the impact on our organisation , and modifying operations accordingly . It was on 12 March that we took the biggest step yet – to move to work-from-home for the whole organisation . With more than 700 people , that ’ s not a small transition . The IT team had practiced before and , of course , we had contingency plans , but that they managed to do it successfully with few challenges in a 72-hour period borders on the heroic . The team did a great job that weekend and really demonstrated the importance of the work we have done .”
Indeed , the most noticeable challenge – a VPN performance issue – was rapidly dealt with . “ We were able to procure additional hardware , we spun up another VPN , mobilised our IT team to test it and ensure functionality with minimal disruption to the business ,” Bugiardini says . “ In a traditional data centre or workspace that capability simply wouldn ’ t be possible .
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