Organisations were forced to tactically respond to Covid-19. This really brought about the unwelcome opportunity to put business continuity plans into practice. IT departments were front and centre, needing to act fast. In the majority of cases, IT infrastructure had been set up to respond to a set of scenarios – but no one could have predicted that, in a matter of days, we would see entire workforces told to work from home. With operations shifted permanently into what we’re calling the ‘new normal’, IT infrastructure needs to be highly scalable and controlled in order to respond to these changing environments and business needs.

However, IT leaders have had little time to think strategically in the wake of the pandemic, where tactical fixes have taken precedence in the short term. But now we have a chance to take a step back, think strategically, and build something which transforms organisations moving forward.

In this session, Neil Briscoe, CTO and co-founder of Cloud Gateway, will be looking at what technology options and practical steps can be taken to plan for any and all scenarios and move forward into the new ways of working with ease.

Neil will be sharing architectural blueprints for business continuity so you can:

• Adopt a hybrid cloud or multicloud approach
• Deploy remote working architecture, including VDI, RAS, WAF
• Make greater use of cloud workloads to accelerate digital transformation
• Secure your hybrid or multicloud network
• Connect to third party or supply chain architecture and private networks