Organisations around the world significantly accelerated their adoption of technology services during Covid-19 to drive their digital transformation and boost their resilience.
The study, which gathered responses from a total of 810 IT professionals in Spain, Brazil, Germany, the UK and the Republic of Ireland, notes that the majority of organisations surveyed say the pandemic has accelerated their ICT strategy and they are now in a better position than before , but 28% still say they are only dealing with immediate needs.
The study shows that 48% of the organisations surveyed brought forward strategic ICT plans to deal with the pandemic. Meanwhile, 31% of companies quickly changed their business and reviewed their ICT, 17% analysed their existing technology and used it more effectively, and only 2% of respondents said they had not made any changes.
For the next most valuable lesson learned, respondents point to the importance of greater collaboration within the company to make better ICT decisions , with companies in the healthcare , agriculture and energy sectors being particularly prominent. This is followed by 31% of survey respondents recognising that they had left themselves open to potential security vulnerabilities due to poor remote working practices prior to the pandemic.