Why bringing communications (and not just your computing) into the cloud matters

The conversation about the transition to a Cloud-first world is often dominated by Cloud computing but business communications is one of the most affected areas of this transformation. The analyst firm MZA predicts that the value of the hosted cloud market will more than triple by 2022 to $7.2 billion worldwide with 2.5x growth in the number of Cloud users. IT leaders are increasingly having to do more with less while simultaneously turning their IT and communications infrastructure into something that drives growth. This is happening against a background of changing models of work and the need to continuously improve the customer experience. As part of a quest to make life easier for the IT leader of today we will explore why it’s important to also consider your business communications. - Why bringing your communications and not just your computing into the cloud matters - The relevance of cloud to improving the customer experience - How collaboration is boosted in a unified communications environment - What paths exist on your journey to the cloud including on-premises, hybrid and cloud Andy has a 25 year track record in business communications with a background in senior management roles in Marketing, Sales, and Pre-Sales consultancy. Today Andy leads Mitel Sales and Sales Engineering training initiatives throughout the EMEA and APAC regions. This broad experience has given Andy valuable perspectives (both technical and customer use based) for today’s IT and communications leaders and technicians. Andy has taken part in some major industry milestones including deploying the first high speed network for the Government and being the design authority on one of the world’s largest switch networks.