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Please describe the expectations of the end customers that you address. What are their pain points today?
Customers face several challenges when selecting the right technology and transitioning to the cloud. Since each organisation is at a different stage in its cloud journey, Altron Digital Business plays a crucial role in addressing key pain points.
With complex cloud strategy and decision-making, customers struggle to choose between AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or a multi-cloud approach. With cost uncertainty pricing models, total cost of ownership, and managing multi-cloud environments without vendor lock-in remain concerns. guidance, cost management solutions, security frameworks, and managed services, ensuring seamless cloud adoption.
How can a channel partner in your industry disrupt the regional market and gain a leading competitive position?
To gain a competitive edge in the regional cloud market, a channel partner must prioritise innovation, customerfocused solutions, and a strong value proposition.
Altron Digital Business supports customers across major hyperscalers by offering vendor-agnostic solutions, hybrid cloud integration, and customised cloud strategies.
With governance, compliance and security, organisations face challenges in meeting security policies and industry regulations. During migration and modernisation, legacy systems often require re-architecting or refactoring, increasing migration complexity.
During downtime and data loss risks, businesses fear disruptions during cloud migration. With cost Optimisation, limited visibility into cloud spending can result in unexpected expenses.
With skills and talent gaps, a shortage of cloud expertise necessitates ongoing training to keep pace with evolving technologies. With vendor and marketplace confusion, customers struggle to choose between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and many are unaware of how Marketplace solutions simplify cloud procurement.
Altron Digital Business helps organisations overcome these challenges by providing strategic cloud
It provides managed services to optimise workloads, simplifies procurement through cloud marketplace ISV alignments, and implements a cloud placement framework for security and compliance. Additionally, Altron Digital Business delivers expertise across cloud infrastructure, data, and AI, ensuring seamless cloud adoption and transformation.
Which aspects of your job role do you find rewarding and which are challenging?
The most rewarding part of Bezuidenhout’ s role is building meaningful relationships with customers and vendors. Bezuidenhout believes that trust is the foundation of successful business engagements.
Leading a high-performing team allows Bezuidenhout to mentor and develop young professionals, which is both fulfilling and impactful. She also find great satisfaction in driving business and marketing innovation, seeing the business’ go-to-market strategies deliver value to customers.
However, navigating corporate complexities and staying ahead in a competitive market requires constant innovation and agility. Ensuring seamless execution while addressing challenges demands strategic thinking, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
How do you best like to de-stress and recharge off work?
In a fast-paced environment, managing stress is essential. I find that a 30-minute low-impact workout, painting, or playing golf helps me to recharge. These activities help me to clear my mind, stay active, and maintain a healthy balance between work and personal well-being. p
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