HUAWEI CLOUD
THE SIX KEY PUBLIC SECTOR
CLOUD TRENDS FOR 2022
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he public sector continues to face a combination of technological challenges which tests its resilience and ability to digitally transform. In the face of a world that has been completely impacted by the pandemic, it has become imperative then to have new technological solutions which will positively impact the citizens, workforces and economies. This largely places innovation, agility, data and analytics including new methods of working at the doorstep of cloud technology.
Jay Zhou, Huawei CLOUD South Africa Managing Director
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Municipal Focus
According to Gartner, a research firm, today, the cloud underpins most new technological disruptions, including business, and has proven itself during times of uncertainty with its resiliency, scalability, flexibility and speed. The company states that hybrid, multi-cloud and edge environments are growing and setting the stage for new distributed cloud models.
In the past two years, cloud computing services have exploded as companies have gone virtual and many have embraced hybrid work environments. This adaption to the global pandemic has seen a strong focus on the delivery of various digital transformation strategies. In 2022, it's expected that an upward trend of this growth and uptake will continue. Jay Zhou, Huawei CLOUD South Africa Managing Director and Frank Shi, Business Development Manager, are of the view that the industry should brace itself for a shift from the deployment of cloud tools and platforms (team meetings) to allencompassing strategies focused on enterprise-wide cloud migration. In this vein, the duo have shared a forecast of the top trends in public sector cloud for the year ahead. They strongly believe that among other pertinent factors, increasing the abilities and skills of entirely remote and hybrid work environments will
