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CASE STUDY or if they will even work ? The speed of innovation our VMware environment supports has helped us survive ,” he explained .
Driving full business transformation
When asked about how the bank intends to continue its future with VMware , Ilesanmi pointed out that Access Bank intends to modernise its approach to networking by relying on transformative technologies from VMware .
“ We are considering VMware NSX as our networking is still traditional for now . So , I think that the next phase for us is to transform our network from traditional to software-defined networking . That ’ s the next stage . But for now , we are delighted with what we have ,” said Ilesanmi . p

THE RISK OF NOT MAKING THE SHIFT WAS CLEAR TO ACCESS BANK . THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR THE BANK

TO START LOSING THE GROUND IT WAS TRYING TO

MAKE UP TO BE NIGERIA ’ S PREEMINENT BANK .

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