Five Critical Areas of IT that are Transforming Business Today

With digitalization of business processes, IT and businesses cannot be looked as separate entities any longer. Technology is a principal driver for every new idea and innovation. According to Harvard Business Review, “IT strategy and business strategy are no longer separate; they have become inseparable. It’s the kind of mindset that we see across the digital spectrum.

That means the digital transformation is not just a technological transformation but covers every aspect of the business. While according to Gartner report on state of digital transformation, Forty-seven percent of CEOs are being challenged by the board of directors to make progress in digital business, and 56 percent said that their digital improvements have already improved profits. "CEO understanding of the benefits of a digital business strategy is improving" They are able to describe it more specifically. Although a significant number of CEOs still mention e-commerce or digital marketing, more of them align it to advanced business ideas, such as digital product and service innovation, the Internet of Things, or digital platforms and ecosystems."

With IT-related changes a top priority for business here we have discussed five critical areas of IT that are leading the business transformation today.

This is Age of Wireless & Mobile Devices.

Today`s workforce is largely mobile, they want to access business resource while traveling and from their homes. It’s not only a business need but a way to improve employees productivity.  In addition to that employees want to use their own devices at work. According to a survey by MarketsandMarkets, the BYOD adoption rate in the United States was 36% during 2017 that is expected to reach almost 50% in 2018.  This growth is due to different benefits that it offers as a research by Sapho has recently revealed that the average worker can save up to 81 minutes per week in productivity by using their personal device at work. Similar trend continues in Dubai, UAE where about 83 % of employees have already harnessed remote working in some form and believe that it leads to greater job satisfaction, a reduction in commuting hours and allows for a better work-life balance. It means there will be unprecedented growth in wireless devices that need to be connected to the enterprise networks.

At Whitehats, we can help the organization to improve their communication with dependable, secure, and scalable wireless networks. Our Wireless and mobility solutions can help you to deliver voice, video and data to employees across same or different offices.

Unified Communications Connects Employees & Resources.

The growth in the use of mobile and wireless devices also has resulted in a demand for unified communication. It is a combination of real-time communication services designed to provide organizations an integrated system of communications among all of its departments. Employees are provided with a diverse range of communication applications including email, video, phone systems and instant messenger. UC is not a single product, but a set of products that provides a unified user interface across multiple devices and media types.

At Whitehats, we can help the organization to deploy and manage latest UC technology.  Our unified communication solutions will simply and streamline even the most heterogeneous communication environment of your organization.

Security cannot be ignored.

With all the technological transformation and digitalization of business processes, security is becoming even more critical to fortify. However, this has led to the increased threat of security breaches and ransomware attacks.

There is a greater need to balance the adoption of emerging technologies with better more robust security posture. Security will continue to be the biggest concern for the organization going through a digital transformation. Realizing the important nature of this issue, companies will be spending nearly $100bn to strengthen their security.

At Whitehats, we help organizations to improve their security level through acquisition, development, management, and audit of IT infrastructure and business processes. Our Network security solutions follow risk-based approach and involve partnering with top security vendors.

Virtualization & Cloud Computing

Organizations are transforming from traditional hardware heavy and energy dependent environments to agile and energy efficient enterprises. This adoption of virtualization and cloud computing is playing a major role in the transformation process. That`s why the trend of cloud adoption will continue to grow in near future. However, this transformation can be a major challenge for organizations as it requires designing and architecting a future-proof cloud and virtualization solutions with modular hardware (converged infrastructure) and software-defined computing technology that can help future growth, sustainability, and agility.

At Whitehats, our cloud experts help identify exactly the right solution for your business. We look beyond the constraints of your existing technology, to understand what your ideal setup would look like and what the best cloud and virtualization solutions will be.

High-Performance Network is essential.

To digitally transform and cater the needs of growing wireless devices, organizations will need high-performance network. Therefore many organizations are either currently or in future will be going through network upgrades.  In addition to that enterprise networks should be able to face and handle cybersecurity threats. According to estimation, at least 47% of the organization will require network upgrades in near future to cater the growing needs of services.

At Whitehats we work with companies to plan and design network system that enables smooth business operations and scalable growth. Our Network/ IT solutions combine the decade of experience and extensive domain knowledge that helps us plan and design network for your current and future needs.