Dell Technologies Forum Focuses on Accelerating Digital Transformation

Dell Technologies Ireland last week hosted the first of a series of virtual events planned for the month of November to mark the annual Dell Technologies Forum. The event, usually taking the form of a one day conference, is this year taking place in the form of four different virtual events with a focus on supporting Irish businesses to accelerate their digital transformation journey as they begin to plan for 2021.

To mark the Forum taking place across the month of November, Dell Technologies today released the findings of the latest global Digital Transformation Index. With businesses seeking to transform the way they operate through technology more than ever before, results from Dell Technologies’ Digital Transformation Index reveals that organisations have accelerated their digital transformation plans during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

In one of the first global studies to measure business behaviour as a result of the pandemic, the 2020 Index found that 8 in 10 organisations have fast-tracked some digital transformation programmes this year and 79% are re-inventing their business model. Despite this increasing speed of change, 94% of businesses are facing barriers to transformation with data privacy and security, and a lack of budget and resources cited by 4,300 business leaders from eighteen markets as the top two barriers to embracing technology.

In response to these challenges, Dell Technologies is helping to unravel the complexities of digital transformation. The roll-out of Project APEX will see the expansion of Dell Technologies’ as-a-Service capabilities to simplify how businesses and organisations in Ireland access the company’s technology on-demand – whether it be storage, servers, networking, hyper-converged infrastructure, PCs and other solutions.

Speaking at the Dell Technologies Forum, Jason Ward, Vice-President and Managing Director at Dell Technologies Ireland, said: “Over recent months, Irish businesses have proven they can quickly adapt to change. From the use of Cloud technology to help transform business models to the latest devices enabling remote working, the past year has seen organisations embrace technology like never before.

“The 2020 Digital Transformation Index highlights this trend. We’ve found organisations in Ireland and across the globe are increasingly looking to adopt technologies that deliver the agility, scale and security they require to ensure growth and resilience. However, the reality is that many SMEs lack the resources and skills to make digital transformation a reality.

“Technology will shape this decade. Businesses across Ireland will depend on new technology to remain agile and resilient into the future. Through our month-long series of events to mark the Dell Technologies Forum we want to empower business leaders to shape that future and ensure they are best positioned for scale-up success.”

The Index and the expansion of Dell Technologies’ as-a-Service offering were outlined to senior business leaders and IT decision-makers at the first of a month-long series of Forum events last week.

The Dell Technologies Forum provides the opportunity to assess the progress which Irish businesses have made over recent months as technology enabled the roll-out of remote working and kept companies connected with employees and customers. Declan Costello, Infrastructure and Operations Manager at Ryanair outlined how new PowerStore storage technology is helping the airline to remain agile despite current challenges.

The Dell Technologies Forum continues across the month of November with virtual sessions on November 11th focused on Flexible IT; November 18th focused on the Digital Workplace, and November 25th focused on Innovating through Data.

Register for free today at https://dtf.delltechnologies-events.eu/dtf2020-ireland/registration/register.