Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 32 | Page 26

EDITOR’S QUESTION Interestingly, 47% of organisations consider both on-premise technology resources and public cloud services equally when considering to deploy new applications. These current numbers have not changed within the past year. The dynamic business landscape is seeing many companies still trying to get their heads around how best to approach data, its availability, and its effective analysis. The intelligent handling and analysis of data in real-time is a given requirement for a modern enterprise in an increasingly competitive environment. Companies must remember that with the growth in importance of data, there are very real risks such as downtime, compliance and security. Implementing proactive, real-time Cloud Data Management tools that can proactively monitor, automatically spot irregularities and act accordingly, is critical. While it’s near impossible to prevent all incidents of data loss, theft or malicious attack, a Cloud Data Management approach, combined with a strong and versatile disaster recovery strategy, would go a long way towards future-proofing a modern, agile organisation. Companies must start their transition to Cloud Data Management sooner rather than later. www.intelligentcio.com