Covid-19 has driven home the message that digital transformation is an essential success driver as organisations respond to changes in customer behaviour, distribution networks, geopolitics and many other major disruptions.

“Over the past few years, we’ve seen organisations across industries and of all sizes experience major challenges and we’ve also seen unexpected digital opportunities.” says Hamilton Ratshefola, IBM Country GM, South Africa. “As these organisations face the reality of changing market dynamics and consumer needs, they are realising that cloud is a crucial enabler. But they cannot be locked into a single cloud strategy and the hybrid cloud is emerging as the most favoured approach.”