Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 25 | Page 31

ICA FR A AL I O N E L S G E R ANN CH A F RIC Time for change Data, and its importance for business success, is here to stay. Companies across the value chain need to ensure they use their data more effectively than in the past to differentiate themselves and for competitive advantage. Fundamentally, businesses need to deliver capabilities that unlock the hidden value of the data at their disposal to remain competitive. INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Issue 25 The 2019 Veeam Cloud Data Management Report identifies two significant components to ensure this alignment – capabilities and culture. For the former, organisations must enhance their capabilities to ensure employees can draw on data insights and use new technologies as they are deployed. To this end, nine out of 10 businesses view advancing employees’ digital skills as vital to their Digital Transformation success. And when it comes to culture, more than two-thirds of respondents believe the company must be more open and accepting towards digital technologies. The channel has a wonderful opportunity to integrate technology, data and training to enable the people in the organisations and those learners still studying to have the skills required to be competitive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. ˜ 31