Business Trends and Predictions

By Yaseen Khan, Chief Executive Officer NSC Global

The term “unprecedented” has been used a lot over the last 24 months to describe how the pandemic has changed many of our working lives – while also vastly inflating the role of technology.

But what should businesses be doing now to adapt, and what technology should they be looking to implement to accommodate this new way of working?

The Distributed Enterprise

With the continued rise in remote and hybrid working patterns, traditional office-centric organisations are evolving into distributed enterprises. The continued rise of Managed edge services is enabling business to place infrastructure in remote locations that lack IT staff to deliver new applications that take advantage of locally generated data to improve operations, services, experiences and products.

The long-term success of businesses, in the new hybrid workplace, will ultimately depend on finding agile solutions that offer the flexibility to quickly respond and adapt to new ways of working – that includes collaborative communication to support a distributed hybrid workforce that reaches securely beyond the restrictions of a traditional office environment, and across geographies.

Cloud-Based IT is now considered all but essential for Business

Waiting for a new budgetary year to expand your workforce or replace equipment can seriously impact growth and productivity. Capital expenditure budgets can be harder to secure and a greater focus is being placed on what infrastructure can deliver, rather than infrastructure ownership.

IT infrastructure has become a key defining feature of a successful business, prompting organisations of all sizes to redesign networks to meet increased demand for networking solutions. Cloud-first strategies are now common, even among risk-averse organisations resolving many of the issues companies have experienced in scaling their operations.

Sustainable, Resilient Operations

Finally, as we push towards a more sustainable society, expect to see businesses of all sizes begin to adopt more environmentally and socially conscious practices. Every organisation is looking to eliminate or reduce the environmental costs of doing business.

Sustainability is of course closely linked to resilience, as resilience means being able to adapt and survive for the long term.